Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Barossa Valley wine

Vocabulary

safety conscious / risk averse 

what led you to that?
what’s the motivation behind that?

pimple / acne – dou dou
eg. I had a lot of pimples

i was pretty much care about my face – I really cared about my face / I was obsessed with my looks

I have pretty much arrived
Pigs and parrots have pretty much the same IQ / pigs are pretty much as smart as parrots

vitamins and minerals 
eg. you get a lot of vitamins and minerals from meat

Grammar

I have been a vegetarian for 1 year (not clear if still going)
I was a vegetarian for 1 year (definitely not now)

during the year of 17 years old – when I was 17 years old / during the year of my 17th birthday

If i eat the same portion as my wife
If I eat as much as my wife

I have lived in China for 10 years – not clear
I have been living in China for 10 years – still going
I lived in China for 10 years / I was living in China for 10 years from 2010-2020 – past, not now.