Online Class Notes (Jesse)

One of my best friends gave birth last week and she told us this good news excitedly . She showed us some pictures about her situation in the Women’s Hospital and from those pictures we were happy to known she was in a good condition. We chould see she was laying on a hospital bed n was going to had lunch on the bed n she looked into/at the camera (lens?) with a brilliant/bright smile. We all happy for her n her baby.
Besids, my nephew was 72 days old n it had heartbeat ! this week is all about new lives.

One of my best friends gave birth last week and she told us this good news excitedly . She sent us some pictures and text / messages about / showing us her situation in the Women’s Hospital and from those pictures we were happy to know / see her condition was good / she was healthy. We could see she was laying / lying on a hospital bed n was going to have / she was about to have lunch on the bed n she looked into/at the camera / lens / camera lens with a brilliant/bright smile. We were all happy for her n her baby.
Besides this / On top of this / Also, my sister is 72 days pregnant and her baby has a heartbeat ! this week is all about new lives.

Vocabulary

if you don’t know the gender of an unborn baby you can say “my niece or nephew” 

he = only for boys and men
she = only for girls and women
it / they = for when you don’t know, or it’s a thing

discriminatory (adj)
discrimination (n)
discriminate (v)

besides / besides sth
besides = anyway
besides sth = also / plus

neice (girl) / nephew (boy)

overheads (n) – the expenses a company has every month
eg. full time staff create a lot of overheads

effectiveness 
eg. they think face to face is more effective than online

go / come

go to a different place to where you are now
come to a place you are now 

I’ll pay attention to that / I’ll try to notice that

I just realised / I was just about to say = I just suddenly remembered

soon you will do sth
I’m going to have lunch / I’m about to have lunch

traveling somewhere to eat
I’m going to have lunch

context – the details of the situation including who is involved, the story
eg. when people read emails they sometimes don’t know the context

ultrasound – chao sheng bo
eg. she sent me a picture of her ultrasound

Grammar

at a young age / at my age
at this temperature

Pronunciation

goodeh
ateh
thinkeh

umm – thinking sound

woman – wo man
women – wii man