Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

vintage: fashion from the old days 复古

slices: pian

ham: huo tui pork

cereal: mai pian

standup comedy: 单口相声

sexist: 性别歧视 sexism （n）
ie. Li Dan posted something sexist on Weibo last year.

racist：种族歧视 racism（n）

blatant: 明目张胆的; 公然的;
ie. The blatantly sexist comment is disgusting.

tell (n)
ie. You have a tell when you play poker.

Grammar

any
ie. There aren’t any toys in the room.
ie. There isn’t any cereal…

since – from +time till now
ie. I’ve been living in/I’ve been in SH since last December.

since = light because
ie. Since I love Linabell so much, I will give you her emoji packet.
ie. Since it’s too late now, let’s talk about something more shallow.

can/could – could is the past tense of can, can = ability, could = it’s right to do sth
ie. I can speak English. (I know the language)
ie. I could speak English. (Your friend is American, so you could speak English with him)
ie. Could you speak English? (I know you can speak English, I want to speak English with you)
ie. Can you speak English? (Not sure if you can)
ie. Could you pls bring me some hot sauce?

Since this year, I quit my job so I have much time to travel.
From June to September of this year, I did not work/I took a break from work so I had much time to travel.
I quit my job in June and took a 2 month break so I had lots of time to travel.

So I went to Chongqing.  Since I like spicy food, I can eat/enjoy the hotpot there.

CQ is a mountain city, you could find funny things in chongqing.
CQ is a city located in the mountains/on a mountain, you can find funny things in chongqing.

Here, you get to fifth floor, but it’s just the ground level on another road.

I went CQ with my boyfriend and we went to many places which I don’t remember the name.
I went CQ with my boyfriend and we went to many places which I don’t remember the names of.

I just remember that there are many trendy places/spots such as LZB railway station.

For these two cities, they are famous for hotpot.
These two cities are both famous for hotpot.

After he was criticized by people he deleted the post and apologized to the public.

kind of. not really.

Since I was in middle school, I’ve been saying this word in this way.

between my pronunciation and my colleagues’
between what I pronounce and what my colleagues pronounce

Pronunciation

maintain- mAntAn

maintenance

M = em

N = en

bin bim

strange

string strain

Kend Kand Kind – think of Kite , and delay the “n” sound

main = m+ay+n

men = economic

man = apple

min “bit”  = mint = minute

mean