F2F Class Notes 6th July (Celeste)

New Vocabulary/Phrases

occupation = work position

job – location, place of employment

work – what you do for your job

My English skills move back  when my boss changed to Shanghainese boss.
I haven’t had the opportunity to practice my English skills.
My English level has decreased.
change the mind
I need to change my mindset. (native/natural)

Maybe because you have a lot of hairs.
Maybe because you have a lot of hair.

When I was a child I not lived in Shanghai too.
When I was a child I didn’t live in Shanghai.

After the high school I moved back to…
After high school….
They are very controllable.
They are controlling.
I think I’m a very independent person.

I’m not very easily to get close to strangers.
I don’t easily get close to strangers.

I don’t easily warm up to people. (native)

self protection
I protect myself from strangers.
I am guarded.
We had foreign teachers for taught us English.
We had foreign teachers who taught us English.
We used to have foreign teachers who taught us English.

have- simple present
had – past