Online Class Notes (Ally)

language and policy

Vocabulary

outgrow: be too big for sth (clothes, habits, etc.)

athletic： sporty (adj)

extra-curricular: outside of school

commentator(person) commentary (n): 解说

in the zone: expression for super focused, forget the things around you

If you don’t do that, he will think you’re joking and won’t take it seriously next time.
If you don’t follow through, he will think you’re joking and won’t take it seriously next time.

his sports activities are very weak
his athletic abilities are very weak
he’s not athletic at all

it’s his first time go there
it’s was his first time

they talked to him that you can have a try
they told him to try/that he could try

this is not quite workable in China
this doesn’t quite work well in China/ it doesn’t quite work that way.

keep what you’re interested in
keep up/keep doing what you’re interested in

I can do nothing but insist/persist on what I’m doing now

sign him up

they will think my mom arrange me too many activities
they think my mom arranged too many activities for me

you were absorbed in the activities
you were in the zone