Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

bi-annual: half-year

short-tempered: 没耐心的

slime: 粘乎乎的东西 slimey (adj)

self-explanatory: 字面意义 (adj)

transparent: 透明的

collide:撞

starting out: 才刚开始 for a long path

profitable:able to generate a lot of money

consume: 消耗;吃;毁灭;烧毁

Speaking exercise

how often do they update?
every 6 months

it has good income in may
it made good income/lots of profits in may

I played it until 2am but I don’t have good luck
I played it until 2am but I didn’t have good luck/I wasn’t lucky enough to ….

the class is successful
the class was a success/went smoothly

he will eat the human animals …
he would consume the human animals …

we reduced a lot of plan
we changed a lot of plans
we reduced the complexity of a lot of our plans

It alternates between English week and game week.

Writing exercise

when somebody tell something, it will change the situation
when participant tells a lie, it will change/changes the situation.

we are becoming professional from amateur
we are transforming into professionals from amateurs.
we are starting out as amateurs and becoming professionals.

I always play the board game this week
I have been playing board games non-stop this week.

the board game is more earlier than the computer games
the board game was created/introduced earlier/has a longer history than the computer game

It’s for all aged person
It’s for all ages.
It’s for people of all ages.

a game that meets our mind
a game that fits our imagination.