F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Grammar

He was back to home almost 4 o’clock am. –>
He came back home at almost 4 am.

I guess he drunk a lot –>
I guess he drank a lot. He was drunk.

drink / drank / drunk

He has worked for this company more than 4 years. –>
He had worked for this company for more than 4 years. (He doesn’t work there anymore!)

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She looks like beautiful. –>
She looks beautiful. She looks like a princess.

I want to talk depression –>
I want to talk about depression

Vocabulary

depression = 抑郁症 a medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep

commit suicide = kill yourself
feel sympathy 感同身受
She attempted to commit suicide but she lived. I really feel sympathy for her and I hope she gets better.

From my perspective

feel / felt / felt

take something for granted = 认为···是理所当然的
Many people do not have everything we take for granted everyday: safety, food and water.
We take food and water for granted but it’s actually crazy that we can get them in just 1 minute.
Everyone takes my hard work for granted, but I will not keep on working that hard forever.

unexpected = that you can’t expect
Life is unexpected, so you should stay optimistic.

I told them what they wanted to hear.

I did my best, but people asked too much from me.

Depression comes from many different things : stress, being asked too much and the feeling that your efforts are always taken for granted.