Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

alarm clock: nao zhong

tongue twisters: 绕口令

improvise: think of what to do on the spot
ie. There’s no plan, just improvise.

stage fright: 怯场

grown up(n): adult person

suspect: 怀疑

overhear: 偶然听到; 无意中听到;
ie. I overheard them arguing about Russia and Ukraine.

eavesdrop: tou ting
ie. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your conversation, but I ….

outdated/outmoded: 过时的; 已无用的;

enthralling: 迷住; 吸引住;

Grammar

until
– neg sentence: to (time), we don’t (verb)
ie. You cannot give up until you finish the class.
– pos sentence: we (verb) to (time)
ie. I’ll live here until she comes back.

I doubt + good thing
ie. I doubt you will be here on time.
ie. I doubt his love. I doubt he loves me.

I suspect+neutral sentence
ie. I suspect he doesn’t love me.

to keep my son stay at home
to make my son stay at home
to keep my son busy at home
to keep my son happy
to give him something to do at home

we have a system that you can buy products with very low discount
you can buy products at a very low discount in our system
we have a system where you can buy products at a very low discount.

in his imagination

takes up a lot of room/space

pacing around the room

maybe because he’s grow up
maybe because he is growing up/he grew up/he has grown up
maybe because he is older now

if he made a decision, he needs to do it
if he made a decision, he needs to follow through/stick with it/see it through

He tried to ask me that “I don’t want to go there, can we cancel the class”
He told me that he didn’t want to go there and tried to ask me if he could cancel the class.

You need to attend the classes until you finish.

first year was to make the foundation
we need to build a foundation in the first year

There is a game called Traffic Light. It is to train the kids.
There is a game called Traffic Light. The purpose of the game is to train the kids.
There is a game called Traffic Light, which trains the kids on ….

he acts tiger
he plays the tiger/performs the role of the tiger.

he doesn’t afraid
he wasn’t afraid

I didn’t learn it purposefully

I’m indifferent.
I’m Ok with either.
It doesn’t matter to me.
I don’t really care.
Whichever.

I doubt whether the material is not so good.
I doubt the material is good.
I suspect the material is not good.

always stand in the same way as mine
always stand by me/supports me in whatever I do

he is grown up(adj)/mature in this way

then I can figure out why she act like that before
then I can find/figure out why she acted that way before.

even you have a good heart, she will think that you’re blaming her
even if you have a good heart, she would think that you’re blaming her

I can hear she was complaining about … to my husband
I can hear/overheard her complaining about … to my husband

maybe at my 40s, I felt it’s too tired to work and then I can resign
maybe in my 40s, I would feel too tired to work and then I can retire

It’s still 4 days to go to school
He needs to go to school in 4 days
There’s only 4 days left of the holidays
He’s going to school in 4 days
only 4 days left in his vacation

we need to eat something light/some light food

their thought is behind the time
their thinking/mentality/ideology is outdated.

she pursued for fashion
she pursued fashion/she’s really into fashion

Pronunciation

various