2 Online Class Notes (Ally)
Homework
- reading – just understand the reading
- writing – find 5 writing topics, write outlines.
Topic sentence: I think smart cars are smart.
R1: they save gas money + govt subsidy.
– example: Tesla. .
R2: They’re part of the future
- example : …
R3: They’re environmental friendly.ex . carbon …
Vocabulary
Infotech:
Coding: bian cheng
Conspiracy theory: yin mou lun
ie. I’m kind of a conspiracy theorist.
Limitation (n): xian zhi
Maximum: shang xian
work: (n)
imitation : chao xi de
robot uprising
industry: hang ye
technically: on paper <> actually (shijishang)
honors: rongyao
ie. I graduated from Harvard with honours.
reputation: mingsheng
ie. He has a reputation for being a pro gamer.
syllabus: welcome document from teacher, includes all the info on the learning material of the course
TA: teaching assistants
raise: (v) actively
ie. Raise your children to be respectful.
ie. Raise your arms./hands.
rise: (v) description
ie. The sun rises in the East.
go along with: agree to something
ie. go along with the plan
interpersonal relationships
cheat on: cheat on your wife
cliques: small group in the class/office , no outsiders
lag: yan chi (v and n)
ie. I’m lagging/ I have a bad ping
briefly: in a short time
Speaking exercise
It finished at only grade 10
I finished it in grade 10.
This is only a gr. 10 class.
They may replace the humans and change our lives.
one class have 40 people
There are only 40 students in one class.
the boys don’t have the question on it
The girls have this problem, but the boys don’t.
This is a female-only problem.
it’s only among girls.
lie about
Topic: names
Q: So tell me about your names. Where did you get your names? Is there any special meaning?
A: My Chinese name, my grandfather gave it to me. and my English name is my English teacher give me when I’m a child. He thinks this name can give me more luck and have happiness in the future. But actually my English name I really don’t know why call me Alex, and I just know it’s my name.
A: I have two names. My Chinese name is LYL, and my Eng name is Alex. My grandfather gave me my Chinese name./I got my Chinese name from my grandpa and my English name from my grade 2 English teacher. Let’s talk about my Chinese name first, because usually Chinese names carry more meaning. My grandpa thought the characters YL had special meanings. It can give me luck and happiness when I grow up. I am quite happy with this name, as it’s not a very common name, but it sounds cool in the Chinese language. Let’s continue to talk about my English name. There is no special meanings in my English name, but the name Alex is a quite common English name, so it’s not too weird. But actually, I really don’t know why my teacher called me Alex, but I just went along with it.
- topic sentence – be natural, but still an intro -> answer the question!!!
- transition – you can use words (ie. regardless…) sentences (Let’s move on to… ) phrases (even though I’m saying this…) stick to the same subject (think about the action from S… )
- event+feeling (zhu xi biao … feeling verb, you don’t have to say “this is how I feel”, be natural) Opinions and feelings – it’s …I ….
- use natural language, you don’t have to always stick to the subject. you can talk around the subject.
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