F2F Class Notes (JJ)

Speaking exercise

she’s major in French —> Her major was French/She majored in French

you have the chance to listen —> you have to chance to hear Shanghainese

only hard to me is Australia and Italy —> Australian and Italian accents are the hardest for me to understand/ The hardest for me to understand is the Australian and Italian accents.

you just to familiar with that —> you just need to become familiar with that

you just carefully listen —> you just have to listen carefully

their personality is a slow person —> their personality makes them live a slow life

I don’t agree it —> I don’t agree with it

Vocabulary

to major in _____: 主修某个专业

Ex: JJ majored in psychology. I majored in Finance.

expression, idiom, saying: 成语

Ex: There’s a saying such as like son like father/like mother like daughter.

Birds of the same feather flock together: 物以类聚

hear: 大概的听到

listen: 仔细的听(pay attention的听)

agree with …. : 同意某个注意或是人

Homework

Write about a recent news you’ve heard that you find interesting and why.