F2F Class Notes _13th Apr (Harmony)

Review Class:

How are you?/ How are you doing?/ How do you do?

Graduate: I am a graduate (noun) of Jiaotong University.

Past tense (verb): He graduated from Jiaotong University

Coworker / Colleague – tong shi

What’s your job?/ What do you do?/ What do you do for work?/ Where do you work?

What do you like to do in your free time/ Spare time/ for fun?/ hobbies?

Hobbies: things or activities people like to do for fun, not work.

Ex: reading, swimming, watching tv, painting.

Obsessed (obb – sest) – very focused on something

They are obsessed with this movie star.

Lyrics – words in a song

uplifting (adj.): something that is inspirational, or gives hope. Encouraging.

ex: the story is very uplifting

inspire (verb): to produce a feeling, or to influence.

Ex: The beautiful flower inspired me to paint.

Ex: Her speech was inspiring, it made me want to be a painter.

Inspiration (noun): a result of inspired activity/ a thing or person that inspires.

Ex: the flower was the inspiration for the painting. = the painting resulted because of the beautiful flower.

solve (solv): to find an answer to a problem. / find a solution/ find a way

popcorn: the snack at the movie theatres, made of corn kernels that are popped out and covered usually in salt and butter.

ex: When you go to the theatre you always buy popcorn and coca cola.

French fries: deep fried (hot oil) slices of potatoes.

Potato chip: thinly fried slices of potatoes that are crunchy to eat.

Slice: a thin, flat piece cut from something. A smaller portion or part of something.

Acquaintance: someone that you know, but not very well. (friend of a friend)

Split up – means to separate

Ex: My parents got a divorce/ My parents split up.

Ex: We split up the snacks between us./ We separated the snacks between us.

Snack: something you eat between meals.

We split up because we were fighting/ fight over (about) the car____ blah blah blah.

We split up to watch the movie (we sat separately).