F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Write one paragraph that supports the idea that everything has two sides. Write another paragraph that opposes the idea that everything has two sides.

Vocabulary

I will go out of my home

spend time (Doing)

too much time – Hours, minutes, days

too many times – each time it happened, it happened too often

Coming up – approaching or will happen soon

eg: Autumn is coming up.

Time consuming – eats up your time, or uses your time.

eg: Watching movies is time consuming.

Landline – a phone you plug into the wall for service

eg: Almost every family has a landline in their home.

Cell (cellular/mobile) phone

eg: I want to buy a new (cell) phone.

spectrum –   Learnersdictionary.com a complete range of different opinions, people, etc. 

transition – a gradual change from one thing to another thing

Dictionary.com    a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence

eg: Some people say everything has two sides, but I think it’s more complex than that. I think everything is on a spectrum. The spectrum of emotions is more complex than just happy or sad, maybe you can be a little sad but still happy.

In recent years, there has been great development in the field of online shopping and logistic in China, Which is really save our time of purchasing. That is also obvious in my family.

In the past, about ten years ago, as my parents’ birthday approaching, I have to spend a lot of time on going various store to find a gift, then run up to Post Office to express. Sometimes it took a long time. Now I just take up the hand phone, and click a App, then choose one, it is done. certainly, not only my parents birthday but also anything I can buy for them. My parents is happy for that.

Everything has two sides, right? Convenience also brings more laziness and costs. Sometimes I thought it is a trap, especially when I received my credit card bill. But human nature is avoiding disadvantage, use it to our lif benefits. So I choose to work hard to earn money, then pay for the laziness. It is funny.

Recently, there has been great development in the field of online shopping and logistics in China, which really saves time. (for purchasing goods online). It’s also obviously helpful in my family.

In the past, about ten years ago, as my parents’ birthday was coming up, I had to spend a lot of time going to various stores to find a gift. Then run up to the Post Office to send a package. Sometimes it takes a long time/( it is time consuming). Now I just pick up the phone, and click an App, then choose one and it’s done. Certainly, not only for my parents birthday but also for anything I want to buy for them. My parents are happy for that.

Everything has two sides, right? Convenience also brings more laziness and costs. Sometimes I thought it’s a trap, especially when I get my credit card bill. But it is human nature to avoid disadvantages, and seek out benefits. So I choose to work hard to earn money, then pay for the laziness. It is funny. It seems convenient but we pay more than we earn.

Grammar

THE     bank, store, post office, airport, subway, doctor, hospital, street.

We say THE because we know which one it is. The other person might not know, but they understand that you know which one.