F2F Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Vocabulary

How long have you been here?

I’ve studied here for about a month.

have a bad influence on someone.

make Vs. Let

I not very understand / I don’t really understand

Money makes life easier. (life in general)

Money is making my life easier. (specifically my life)

make Vs. Let:

Make – Force,     you must do something, you don’t have a choice.

eg: My boss made me do the powerpoint yesterday.

eg: My mom made me clean the house in 2 days.

Let – Allow,   Allow someone to do something, you said, they can do it. it’s ok.

eg: Can I use your phone?   Sure, I will let you use it for 10 minutes, then I need to call someone.

eg: Tony is so nice, he let me use his phone.

eg: When I was 16, my mom didn’t let me go to the movies.

eg:

critical – using or involving careful judgment about the good and bad parts of something

eg: He has a critical eye for paintings. He can really choose the best ones.

eg: Critical thinking is important for taking an exam.

eg: This exam will test your critical thinking skills.

eg: When we get the information from the website we need to think critically about it, before we decide it’s true.

Grammar

Present Simple: Usually or Always or Often  +    How often

I go to work at 8am. =  I always/usually go to work at 8am.

I cook dinner.

I go swimming every week.

I read the news every other day.

With the development of high technology, social media plays an important roll in our life. People can get a large number of informations from social media, however, we need to recognize informations. Due to the fast speed of spreading informations, more and more fake news come into people’s view, which make some bad influence.
People also show their life in the social media, which make people share their emotions with others, no matter where you are.
Although social media take some influences which were not so good, it has changed people’s behaviors and make life more wonderful. If you can use social media in a right way, it doesn’t doing harm to society.

With high tech development of high technology, social media plays an important roll in our lives. People can get a lot of information from social media, however, we need to be more critical of information we receive. Due to the fast speed of spreading information, more and more fake news comes into people’s lives, which has a bad influence.
People also show their lives through social media, which lets people share their emotions with others, no matter where you are.
Although social media has some influences which were not so good, it has changed people’s behaviors and made life more wonderful. If you can use social media the right way, it doesn’t do harm to society.