F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

She wants a baby so they went fortune teller

she wants to give birth naturally

when I need it I believe it but if I don’t need it I won’t do it.
sometimes I am not sure about something so I will ask what will happening in the next year.

she was born in 1987. Her parents want her get married as soon as possible so she went to the temple to pray to have a boyfriend first.

But she went to Nanjing last week and her schedule was to visit the temple that is famous for fate and there is another story if you bring your BF. If you are are quite match each other you will go to marriage and if you don’t you will broke up.

I feel it is painful

if you get a fortune telling / if you go to a fortune teller you make yourself comfortable

they just get married if they want, they don’t care if you have a job or real estate.
the young generation is unwilling to get married because the cost is high and they don’t want to have more responsibility and pressure.
If they get married parents will push them to have a baby or have a relationship with others.

now the young generation they meet for a few months and get married.
you need to do the chores and have a good career

it is mean to women

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She wants a baby so they went to a fortune teller

she wanted to give birth naturally  / she wanted to avoid having a caesarian

when I need it I believe in it but if I don’t need it I won’t pray / go to a fortune teller….
sometimes I am not sure about something so I will ask what will happen in the next year.

she was born in 1987. Her parents wanted her to get married as soon as possible so she went to the temple to pray to have a boyfriend first.

But she went to Nanjing last week and her schedule was to visit the temple that is famous for fate and there is another story if you bring your BF. If you are a good match / if you are compatible you will go to marriage / get married and if you don’t you will break up.

I feel it is painful

Vocabulary

stigma (n) 耻辱
Being divorced can be a stigma

to stigmatise (v) 使感到羞耻
Some people were stigmatised

Impulsive (adj) 一时冲动
Tom is impulsive, he does things without thinking too much about them

compatible (adj) able to exist together
This software is not compatible with Mac computers

compatibility (n)
The software only offered partial compatibility with the new CPU

go big or go home : either you do something all the way or you don’t do it at all
Tom saw we were not motivated and he told us go big or go home.

superstitious (adj) believe in practices to bring luck / fortune telling …
Some people are very superstitious

caesarean (n/adj)剖宫产的
She had a caesarean

spine (n) 脊柱
She had a tattoo on her spine

Pronunciation

key

keen

curious