Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Pronunciation

last time – “lastime”

Vocabulary

consumer (n – person) / consumerist (adj) / consumerism (n)
materialistic (adj) – sb who loves things

my mum doesn’t want to get our cat neutered but I insisted (resistance)

anesthetic – ma yao – “an ness thet tick”
eg. she went to sleep from the anesthetic, and she never woke up again

overdose – too many drugs

sue – to use the legal system to make someone pay
eg. we can’t sue them

take – get and go
bring – get and come
eg. he brought the cat home after taking it to the vet (doctor)

since – from a time in the past to now
eg. I haven’t seen her since last friday
eg2. I saw her last friday and I haven’t seen her ever since (then).
eg3. I was living in Shanghai for 10 years but I moved to Sydney in 2020 and I have been living here ever since
eg4. I’ve been living in Australia since 2020 / I have lived in Aus since 2020

Grammar

pay many attention – pay a lot of attention to it

I got sick from eating the eggs
He died from cancer / he died of cancer

choose / chose / chosen

I insist that we should get our cat neutered but we still haven’t done it yet although our cat is one and a half years old.It was because of my mom,and when I talk about this I have to explain it because you might thought that my mom doesn’t love our cat or she’s irresponsible.
On the contrary,she loves our cat very much.But our last one died for a neuter operation a few years ago, and my mom refuse to raise any cat after that incident until my brother took this cat home last summer.She has shadow in her heart about the operation,so that she’s too scared of lost this cat to get the operation.
I have been trying to persuade her all the time…

I am determined to get / I have decided to get / I’m definitely going to get our cat neutered but we still haven’t done it yet although / even though our cat is one and a half years old. It was because of my mom, and when I talk about this I have to explain it / I should explain it because you might think / you may think that my mom doesn’t love our cat or she’s irresponsible.
On the contrary, she loves our cat very much. However, our last one died from a neuter operation a few years ago, and my mom refused / has refused to raise any cat after that incident until my brother brought this cat home last summer. The operation is still very fresh in her mind / The wounds are still fresh for her / She still hasn’t got over it / She still isn’t over it / It’s hard for her to move on, so that she’s too scared of losing this cat from / during the operation.
I have been trying to persuade her since then / recently / since we got the cat / ever since…