F2F Class Notes April 19th (Ben)

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Vocabulary

How about your Chinese classes ? –> How are your Chinese classes?

overdo = do too much, 画蛇添足, 添油加醋

Don’t overdo it. (active 主动)

This text is a bit overdone. (passive 被动)

Some people love to overdo it when they tell stories.

energy 名, energetic 形容词

My daughter is very energetic. She is always running here and there.

She is in her energetic period.

a pain signal 疼痛信号

When a child grows up faster than it should, its brain releases some pain signals.

Growing up fast is normal for an infant.

When a child is in its energetic period, its bones grow up very fast and its brain receives a lot of pain signals from the body.

vivid 形象的 = lively

Chinese words and descriptions are very vivid.

a pillow 枕头

straightforward (straight = 一直, forward = 前方) = easy to understand

a character 汉子/ 性格 / 人物