Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Today, western culture is very common in our daily life. Among youth group, they love to celebrate western festivals, enjoy western food, discuss western arts and study Horoscope. And today, let’s talk about Horoscope which is very popular in youth group. As we know, in China, we have the 12 Chinese Zodiac, and Chinese elders used to use them to calculate their own fortune as well as young people love to use Horoscope. When you meet a new friend，in addition to knowing each other’s names, hobbies and work, Horoscope is also essential as they thought they could understand or guess the character of the new friend soon. The 12 Horoscope includes active Aries; Taurus who knows how to invest; Gemini with good eloquence; patient cancer; domineering Leo; careful Virgo; elegant Libra; hidden Scorpio; optimistic Sagittarius; rigorous Capricorn; Unrestrained Aquarius and dramatic Pisces. At many gatherings, everyone likes to discuss Horoscope and read different kinds of Horoscope forecast to get to know their trend of career, love and health, so on social media, the Horoscope is one of the hot topics, some Horoscope KOLs are even more famous than celebrities in terms of traffic and appearance fees. I am also a Horoscope lover, although many descriptions of Horoscope are not true, this can help me have a topic when I communicate with others.

Today, western culture is very common in our daily life. The youth love to celebrate western festivals, enjoy western food, discuss western arts and study Horoscopes. So today, let’s talk about Horoscopes which are very popular among young people / among the youth / among youth groups. As we know, in China, we have the 12 Chinese Zodiacs, and Chinese elders / the elderly used to use them to calculate their own fortune while young people love to use Horoscopes for the same reasons / in a similar way. When they meet a new friend，in addition to knowing each other’s names, hobbies and work, Horoscopes are also essential as they believe they can understand or guess the character of the new friend soon / quicker / more quickly. The 12 Horoscopes includes active Aries; knowledgeable about investing Taurus; eloquent Gemini; patient Cancer; domineering Leo; careful Virgo; elegant Libra; hidden Scorpio; optimistic Sagittarius; rigorous Capricorn; unrestrained Aquarius and dramatic Pisces. At many gatherings, everyone likes to discuss Horoscopes and read different kinds of Horoscope forecasts to get to know their trend of career, love, and health. So on social media, the Horoscopes are one of the hot topics, with some Horoscope KOLs being even more famous than other celebrities in terms of traffic and appearance fees. I am also a Horoscope lover, and although many descriptions of Horoscopes are not true, this can help me have / this can give me a topic when I communicate with others.

Vocabulary

long covid – long term symptoms of covid

it’s not easy to restored – to recover 

symbols – represent / show
symptoms – the problems you feel when sick

Chinese people love green tea while westerners like coffee
Jesse likes to play video games while Denise likes to watch videos on her phone

think – thought – you realised it was wrong
believe – you think it’s true but maybe it’s not

Grammar

not too much people – not too many people 

in last 2 months – it lasted 2 months

have a travel – have a trip / go traveling 

Pronunciation

Zodiac – “zou dee yak”