F2F Class Notes 8th November (Jesse)

Vocabulary

daunting – the opposite of “looking forward” but includes some fear
eg. public speaking can be a daunting idea

autotune – PS for voice
eg. some singers autotune their voices

plastic surgery – zhen rong

whiten (v)
eg. i want to whiten my teeth

legal / legitimate – 合法

most harmful
eg. I think the air really harmful for people

awful / terrible / horrible 

state-owned enterprises – government companies

shanghai people – Shanghainese – “shanghaineeZ”

trustworthy
eg. he’s the most trustworthy person I know

Grammar

when – time
eg. I like to sleep when it is late at night.

where – place
eg. I like to go to places where I can relax.

quite well = always positive
eg. I am quite well today

very well = can be negative
eg. I don’t feel very well

Corrections

–The Red lamp -2003
My first time went to Ikea was 2003. I was in the third year of the college and my first time to visiting Shanghai. I came to Shanghai have a job interview . I don’t think the interview went quite well as I’m not a good programmer at all.

After the interview, I felt awful and called my high school classmate Albert who lives in Shanghai . He said ” let’s meet at Ikea.”

Then I met him at the front door of Ikea. He was so cute and warm as always. We discussed everything while shopping in Ikea. Then he bought me a small red lamp as a gift . I liked it so much that I took it to my college dorm . and after I was graduated , I took it to my hometown .I think it is still in my bedroom and used by my Mom sometimes.

— The Sheep blankets -2005
I had no arrangement during the national holiday, so my farther asked me to company him for mothering in his hometown in Zhe Jiang. I agreed to go with him. But what I really wanted is to pass by and visit Alert in Shanghai. I really need to know if he is still into me or not. Of cause I won’t have a relationship with him at all , because:

1. We are too far away from each other, long term relationship could never work.
2. We are best friends. If it dosen’t work , I will lose my best friend forever.

We were acting as normal good friends. We went Ikea again because he wanted to buy the sheep blankets . we bought it and brought it to his home. We sit on the blanket and had our first kiss.

He is totally into me .

Where’s the blanket now？ Hummm, it’s a good question, I think it is become my dog’s bed for years.

–The Red lamp -2003
My first time going to Ikea was in 2003 when I was in the third year of college and it was my first time visiting Shanghai. I came to Shanghai to have a job interview  but I don’t think the interview went very well as I’m not a good developer at all.

After the interview, I felt awful and called Albert, my high school classmate who lives in Shanghai, and he said “let’s meet at Ikea.”

Then I met him at the front door of Ikea and he was so cute and warm as always. While we were shopping in Ikea, we discussed everything, which was really helpful, and in the end he even bought me a small red lamp as a gift . I liked it so much that I took it to my college dorm, and after I graduated, it followed me to my hometown. I think even now it is still in my old bedroom and from time to time is used by my Mom (add “to light up my old bedroom”….).

— The Sheep blankets -2005
I had no arrangement during the national holiday, so my father asked me to accompany him to his hometown in Zhe Jiang. I agreed to go with him but what I really wanted to do is to visit Albert in Shanghai first. I badly / desperately needed to know if he was still into me or not. I definitely didn’t want to have a relationship with him at all, for 2 reasons:

1. We were too far away from each other, and long term relationships never work.
2. We were best friends and if it didn’t work, I would lose my best friend forever.

We were acting like normal good friends. We went Ikea again because he wanted to buy the sheep blanket and so we bought it and took it to his home…and while sitting on the blanket, we had our first kiss.

He is totally into me.

Where’s the blanket now? Hmm, it’s a good question. I think it has been my dog’s bed for years.

After the interview, I felt awful and called Albert, my high school classmate who lives in Shanghai, and he said “let’s meet at Ikea.”

skip zhejiang and stay in SH
stay in SH for a few days before going to zhejiang
my dad wanted to pass through / stop over in SH, and go straight to zhejiang