F2F Class Notes 26th November (Selma)

Corrections

• I need to get to People’s Square by 3.45.
• The two child policy is expected to help push forward China’s Population Peak by two years, to 2029, when there will be 1.45 billion people.

Vocabulary

• which brings me back to – an expression used to connect the current idea with the one that was discussed before
  • e.g. Which brings me back to my childhood memories.
• to fetch (n) – to grab or get something
  • e.g. Selma fetched her friend from the airport.
• to admire somebody from afar – to think very highly of somebody without ever actually talking to them and getting to know the person: it is usually used with people to whom you can talk to, but didn’t do it yet
  • e.g. Sam admired Marcela from afar, but he never got the courage to talk to her.
• a crush (n) – a person you strongly like in a romantic way
  • e.g. Marcela is Sam’s crush
• to have a crush (v) 
  • e.g. Sam has a crush on Marcela
• a crash (n) – an accident where a vehicle got destroyed
  • e.g. I had a car crash on Monday.
• to have a crash (v) – to have an accident
• Driver’s Licence 
• to be affiliated with – to be partners with someone
  • e.g. NYU Shanghai is affiliated with East China Normal University.
• to retain knowledge (v) – to keep something you already gained
  • e.g. Selma thinks it is really hard to retain the knowledge of Chinese characters.