F2F Class Notes (Sonia)

Vocabulary

professional (adj): having the qualities that you connect with trained and skilled people, such as effectiveness, skill, organisation, and seriousness of manner

e.g I’m a professional admin

professional (n): a person who has the type of job that needs a high level of education andtraining

e.g health professionals

mature(adj): Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well developed emotionally. 成熟的

e.g I will read books so that I become mature 

childish(adj): immature, not mature, still like a child

e.g my friends think I am childish

upbringing(n): the way you were raised by your family

e.g I am immature/ childish because of my upbringing and my cultures

overprotective(adj): they take too much care of you, more than you need

e.g I have overprotective parents.

courage(n): yong gan,  the ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation

e.g my friends give me courage to meet new friends

brave(v): yong gan

e.g I will be brave and talk to strangers

smirk(n):a smile that expresses satisfaction or pleasure about having done something or knowing something that is not known by someone else 🙂

e.g My friends told me that a smirk is one kind of smile

smirk (v): to smile in this way

e.g They told me what to do when someone smirks at me

Grammar

“they always we chat me they have no money”

correction: They always Wechat me THAT they have no  phone credit

to goes just before verb

“they always want to me help”

correction: they always want me to help