Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

zone out: 发呆 走神

twisting around：扭来扭去

talk back to sb: 顶嘴

miles per hour: mph

person in power: 最高权力者

pent up energy/anger/frustration: 压抑住的 xxxxx

needles: 针

good cop /bad cop:  红脸黑脸

rebellious: 叛逆

documentaries: 纪录片

injury: 伤口

scuba divers: 潜水员

life boats: 救生

evolve：进化.

put off: delay

she resigned (v).

she also takes the role as budget administrator.  < action
she’s also the budget administrator. < description

the people need to take part of her job
take over

this is my first time that I refuse
this is my first time to refuse her/the first time that I refused her

she was trying/testing me.

I think a lot of … how to reply her
I’d been thinking a lot about how ..

there’s something happened in her family
something happened in her family < you’re gonna say more
she had a family matter to deal with < that’s it

you can tell her whatever you think .. I will help you to deal with it afterwards

I don’t want to always take over others’ work.

the first reaction is to defend themselves

I will do what he asked me to do.

…

you get off at at least 6
you get off (at) no earlier 6

they work shorter than us.
their work hours are shorter than ours.

he’s making me suffer.

he always wants to opposite with your guidance
he always wants to behave opposite to your guidance/directions
he always does whatever you tell him not to do

he spilt his milk on the floor
he spilt/spilled his milk on the floor

give up it, put on it
give it up, put it on

he cannot put on it properly too
he couldn’t put on it properly either

you can blame nobody – whose fault is it?

you have no energy and patience to deal with your child
you have no leftover energy and patience to deal with your child

he’s so clever from this side
he’s so clever in this way

you should persist on it, not give up on half way
you should see it through, not give it up half-way

it is a period
it is a phase

he used your argument against you

the limited speed is
the speed limit is

we think it last for a long time
we think this has been the case for a long time/for some time now

take off 《》put on

he will not memorize (knowledge)that
he will not remember (other things)that

you memorized it with the whole night
you’ve been memorizing this the whole night
you finally memorize it after a whole night of thinking

we never look douyin
we never use douyin
we‘re never on douyin

Pronunciation

still

milk

spilt