F2F Class Notes 30th March (Tanya) [s]

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Vocabulary

Excel sheet – a tab in an Excel document

Zodiac – star signs, 星座

e.g. There are a lot of zodiac signs, Faye’s sign is capricorn. My sign is virgo.

fortunately – luckily

e.g. Fortunately, I don’t have to go to school next week Monday!

fortune teller – someone who tells you your fortune, who tells you if your future will be good or bad (lucky or unlucky)

e.g. I went to see a fortune teller and she told me I would have eight kids and I would work as an astronaut in the future.

numbers – 1, 2, 3, 4, figures

e.g. Accountants have to deal with numbers a lot.

circus – 马戏

e.g. Usually at the circus, there’ll be a fortune teller.

figure – a number with significance

e.g. Do you have the official figures for that statistic?

zodiac signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces

trade – 贸易

Original

I am an accountant. But I don’t like figures. My mother help me to choose this job. But I don’t like. My mother was an accountant. She think that maybe accountant is suitable for girl, for woman. She think it’s very stable work. My mother’s personality is very stable, but I don’t. So this is the first thing.

My favorite hobby is star sign. For example, some flowers grows up in certain season. They have different characteristics. I think people similar to these plants. Different people birth in different date, they have different personality. They like follow the rules.

It’s a little complicated, because most people just know the sun star. This is a very complicated system. I mean, I am capricorn, just one star of the system. So many people think, I don’t trust zodiac, because they just know one star. My personality prefer to creative. I don’t care about fail to do something. I’m not afraid of failure.

I have weakness, I am impatient. I don’t like wait too, but I can find lots of things to do. I like daydream. Some people like realistic… I have the part of realistic but I still have a little girl in my body. I like daydreams to many beautiful things.

Correction

I am an accountant. But I don’t like figures. My mother helped me choose this job. But I don’t like it. My mother was an accountant. She thinks that maybe being an accountant is a suitable job for girls, for women. She thinks it’s a very stable work. My mother is very stable, but I am not.

So this is the first thing. My favorite hobby is star signs. For example, some flowers grow up in certain seasons. They have different characteristics. I think people are similar to these plants. Different people are born on different dates, they have different personalities. They like to follow the rules.

It’s a little complicated, because most people just know their sun star. This is a very complicated system. I mean, I am Capricorn, which is just one star of the system. So many people think they don’t trust zodiac signs, because they just know one star. My personality is more creative than the other Capricorns.

I don’t care about failing to do something. I’m not afraid of failure.

I have a weakness: I am impatient. I don’t like waiting either, but I can find lots of things to do when I’m waiting. I like to daydream. Some people like realistic… I am partly realistic but I am still a little girl on the inside. I like beautiful daydreams.

Grammar

-adjective: i like beautiful daydreams (noun daydream)

verb: i like to daydream beautiful things (verb to daydream)

-while – two things at the same time

when – in that moment

-to birth – to be born

-I was cooking while the phone rang. – I am cooking and the phone is still ringing

I was cooking when the phone rang. – I am cooking and the phone suddenly rings

-I like + to + verb – I like to daydream

I like + to + -ing – I like daydreaming

Pronunciation

characteristic

Write at least ten lines about Tanya’s or Faye’s star sign. (Tanya, 05/09/1994, born 20.30pm in Taipei)