Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

balanced diet: lots of different nutrients in a meal

adequate to do sth: enough for 充足的; 足够的; 合格的

bugging/nagging: bothering

allot: 分配(时间、钱财等); 配给; 分派(任务等)

Grammar

passive voice:
-> influences tone
-> influences structure

my head hurts
headaches are painful
I feel a lot of pain in my head

My learning level is declining than 5 years ago
My learning level is declining, compared to 5 years ago.

I’m not prepared to marry anyone.
I’m not prepared for marriage.

They can interfere with everything.

Chinese women are chased for personal happiness.
Chinese women are chasing/pursuing personal happiness./putting the pursuit of personal happiness above the wishes/voices of her family and society.

Woman is not living for her family, but for herself.
Women do not/no longer live for her family, but for herself.

Chinese girl need to contribute all of her assets to her family.
Chinese girls need to sacrifice/devote all of her assets to her family.

In May 11th, china’s government was announced the result of a new annually demographic census.
On May 11th, china’s government announced the result of a new annual demographic census.

It’s a long time for me to use some date numbers.
I haven’t used date and numbers for a long time.
It has been a while/It has been a long time since I have used date and numbers.

Actually, the government didn’t give reasons for the tumbling birth rate, but we can find some clues to explain.

Native government released some population policy to incentive rapid population growth.

It results in baby boom.

In recent years, due to the incentive of population growth, the Chinese government relax one-child policy and terminate it in 2015.

Every time I’m too hurried to use some rules I learned

Edited:

1、I hope my cat can do a good job of weight control/I hope my cat can keep her weight under control

2、The supply is not adequate for demand./There is a disequilibrium between supply and demand/ There is an imbalance …

3、Under china’s tightly regulated environment, the producers are afraid of crackdown from government

4、They are careful with these movies

They treat these movies very carefully and cautiously. /in/with a careful approach.

5、His mother was hurt by this news

6、The local government is urgent to control the rise in housing prices

The local government is keen to control the rising housing prices.

The govt feels that it’s urgent