F2F Class Notes 9th November (Jesse)

Vocabulary

fingerprints –
eg. they needed to take my fingerprints, so I had to give them
eg2. they recorded my fingerprints

every time / whenever

gave birth to a baby / had a baby
eg. At 4:07PM on Saturday 4th October 2016, Judy Pickett gave birth to a beautiful, 1.5kg baby girl, named Angela.

generation – nian dai
eg. in my father’s generation, they always had many kids

restrictions (n)- controls / rules
eg. we put restrictions on the number of children that you can have

what do you mean when you say _____?
what does ____ mean? 

how do you have 8 children?… “you” is not actually you. it means people in general.

russia – er luo si

seems = thought  -+ feeling

it seems that you are tired (formal)
it seems like you are tired (spoken)

looks = what you think when you see it
it looks like you are tired

Corrections

there was 3 check off on the chore chart – there were 3 tasks that had been checked off on the chore chart / there were 3 ticks on the form

assigned this rule – implemented / created this rule