Online Class Notes (Ally)

write about the questions/things you want to learn + your opinion now  in your new course/major.

read at least 3 news articles about the war out loud (send them to me)

Vocabulary

demonstration: demonstrate (v) show, for example

video tutorials: how-to video

avert: avoid

awkward: 令人尴尬的; 使人难堪的; 难对付的; 难处理的; 不方便的; 产生困难的，危险的; （动作）笨拙的;

clumsy: 笨拙的; 不灵巧的; 无技巧的; 冒犯人的; 不得体的; 难以移动的; 难用的; 设计欠佳的; 难处理的;

exhilarating: 令人兴奋的; 使人兴奋的; 令人激动的; 令人高兴的

wide/width

deep/depth
ie. The hole is 15 cm deep.

bucket: 桶

puny： 弱小的; 微不足道的; 孱弱的; 不起眼的; 可怜的

igloo：(北美北部因纽特人的拱形圆顶)冰屋

trip：绊; 绊倒;

suite: tao fang VIP suite, presidential suite

thrilling: 惊心动魄的; 惊险的; 扣人心弦的; 紧张的; 令人兴奋不已的

predominantly: 主要地; 多数情况下

deduct: –  deduction(n)

tragic: 悲剧的; 悲惨的; 可悲的; 悲痛的

above-average: over-ok

Grammar

take photos for ally – ally wanted me to take the photo
take photos of ally – ally is in the photo

adj – ing vs ed
– actively adj-ing (fact, info) vs passively feeling adj-ed (state)

for description; try the verb to-be, or the there-be

The coach/instructor spent 2 hours teaching us keep safe.

I have one simple try
I’ve only briefly tried skating/it once before

keep acting normal

other hotel-guests
guests from other hotels

During the playing time, we had long distance road and we ride the snow Moto at the highest speed.
When we were in the snow/field/there, there was a very long road, so we could ride the snow Moto at the fastest speed.

we tried for a long time
we put in a lot of effort
we tried really hard to crack the ice/make the hole

one second I saw him behind me, the next second, he was lost..

the flight times didn’t work for us
the flight times were really weird and we couldn’t book a right flight

A lot of large companies need people to fill this position.

I would give a rate of 8 in total ten. First, our accommodation is very good. The hotel has its own facilities, including hot springs, free bus for flight, service. We had a big living room and we ate the local food. and we ate the roast meat, which was delicious. Third, we went to the top of the CBS mountain and saw the tian chi. The snow was very big and we took the photos for it. We rode the snow Moto to reach the top of mountain and it was thrilling.

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I would give it a rating of 8 out of(/) ten. First, our accommodation was very good. The hotel has its own facilities, including hot springs, free bus for flight, service. We had a big living room and we ate the local food. and we ate the roast meat, which was delicious. Thirdly, we went to the top of the CBS mountain and saw the tian chi. The snow was very big and we took the photos of it./with it/in it.  We rode the snow Moto to reach the top of mountain and it was thrilling.

I think we spent too long for this trip, because we could’ve spent less time on the CBS activities. I think we could’ve used 4 days and not 5 days.

I think it’s better to make friends with the common interest because we can have a common topic to talk with friends and we can be a good friend more easily. Secondly, I think we will have similar habits.

Pronunciation

tools = too+ol+s