F2F Class Notes 20th June (Harmony)

Review:

fraiL – don’t forget the L

cruise (crewz)

Scooter/moped:  half way between a bike and a motorcycle.  Usually uses electricity.

Eg.  In Shanghai most people use scooters instead of motorcycles.

Helicopter: (hell – ih – cop – ter) a plane that has large wings on top, and can go straight up and down.  (army/tourism/hospitals)

Eg.  My son has a model helicopter made of Lego.

Storytelling:

Yesterday I went to visit my aunt with my mother.  There is something wrong with my aunt’s eyes and she will have an operation soon.  If she doesn’t do the operation maybe she will be blind.  When we saw her she was sitting on the bed and she looked very unhappy and frail. initially she didn’t say any words, after awhile she told us that my cousin hadn’t seen her for 2 weeks, even without a call.  She complained that his daughter was selfish and wanted me to help her to communicate with her daughter.

When I arrived home I contact my cousin by wechat, she said her mother was also a selfish woman and she liked money very much.  I laughed, my cousin moved from their house for 5 years.  When she was 27 because my aunt required her daughter to pay for the rent, and other payment.  I remembered they argued for the things many times and all the family knew it.  My cousin said “if you want to someone take more care of you, you should look after her or him firstly.”  She also said “Each family has their own problems, there isn’t anyone like you.  You are so lucky you have good parents, a lot of people aren’t so lucky/don’t have good parents.”

After we finishing wechat, I thinked about the problem which she mentioned.  That’s true/real, different families have different relationship so we shouldn’t judge their families.  We are not themselves, so we didn’t know their situations/problems/ the way they communicate.

Edited:

Yesterday I went to visit my aunt with my mother.  There is something wrong with my aunt’s eyes and she will have an operation soon.  If she doesn’t get/have the operation maybe she will go blind.  When we saw her she was sitting on the bed and looked very unhappy and frail. Initially she didn’t say any words/a word/anything, after a while she told us that my cousin hadn’t seen her for 2 weeks, she even hasn’t called.  She complained that her daughter was selfish, and wanted me to help her to communicate with her daughter but I didn’t succeed.

When I arrived home I contacted my cousin by wechat, my cousin said her mother was also a selfish woman and she loves money very much.  I laughed, my cousin moved out of her parents house 5 years ago when she was 27. My aunt required her daughter to pay for the rent, and other expenses.  I remembered they argued many times and all of our family knew.  My cousin said “if you want someone take more care of you, you should be concerned with her or him firstly.”  She also said “Each family has their own problems, there isn’t anyone like you.  You are so lucky you have good parents; a lot of people aren’t so lucky/don’t have good parents.”

After finishing/ we finished talking, I thought about the problem which she mentioned.  That’s true/real, different families have different relationships so we shouldn’t judge them.  We are not them, so we don’t know their situations/problems/ the way they communicate.

Judge:  to pass judgement/ to assume sth without all the facts.  To make a decision about sth.

Eg.  If you wear too much perfume I will judge you.

Eg.  It’s not polite to judge strangers.

Perfume:  body spray for women to make them smell good.

Cologne (coal – own):  perfume for men.

Fair:  equal, and free from injustice.

“what goes around, comes around”

obligation:  a duty that you have to do, and you have no choice.

Eg.  Angela has an obligation to her in-laws.