Online Class Notes (Jesse)

The TV series I finished watching lately is a period/costume drama which takes place in Ming dynasty .The series follows the love of two young person and how they defeated a bad powerful family with their fellows.
The girl works in a police office and the boy is a staff of a security agency that is directly ordered by the emperor and contacted with him.They have some work cooperation so they work together sometimes. And there’s a large powerful family which named Yan and they have been doing a great amount of corrupt deals and other bad things through ganging up and suppressing other ministers/officers to make their own interests.The emperor has a little doubtful about the family but he can’t do anything at the moment because it’s pretty complicated to him.The emperor have some affections for this old family because they have been assisting/have assisted? three emperors so far,besides this,he should consider the balance of the relationship of the whole royal court.The two young people and their fellows fight hard against this powerful family for a very long time and revealed what the family did in the end,Meanwhile,the girl and the boy fall in love.
The plot of is drama is quite common and typical,so I skipped a lot when it comes to the romantic plots of other couple’s and some unimportant parts.But the two main characters are designed to be attractive,so all in all it’s a pleasant drama to me and I like the costume look of the actor and the actress.

The TV series I finished watching lately is a period/costume drama which takes place in the Ming dynasty. The series follows the love of two young people and how they defeated a bad powerful family with their fellows / peers / townsfolk / companions.
The girl works in a police office and the boy is a staff member / he is part of the staff of / he works for a security agency that is under the command of the emperor and is in contact with him / that is controlled by the emporer and in direct contact with him. They have some common work / some business in common / some business connection so they work together sometimes. And there’s a large powerful family which is named Yan and they have been doing a great amount of corrupt deals and other bad things through ganging up and suppressing other ministers/officers for their own interests. The emperor has a little doubt about the family but he can’t do anything at that moment because it’s pretty complicated for him. The emperor has some affection for this old family because they have been assisting three emperors so far. Besides this,he should consider the balance of the relationship of the whole royal court.The two young people and their peers / companions fight hard against this powerful family for a very long time and reveal what the family did in the end. Meanwhile, the girl and the boy fall in love.
The plot of this drama is quite common and typical, so I skipped a lot when it came to the romantic plots of other couple’s and some unimportant parts. But the two main characters are designed to be attractive, so all in all it’s a pleasant drama to me and I like the costumes look of the actors and the actresses.

Vocabulary

intriguing – very interesting
eg. Jesse told me a very intriguing story, and I was intrigued

betray sb – to break their trust in a really serious way
eg. he betrayed me by telling my friends a secret that I told him

fry 
eg. the cable is fried – broken after being burned

Grammar

there hasn’t many people – there aren’t many people / not many people do it 

I didn’t have much time before

I have a pen. It is black = I have a pen which is black.

in last class – in our last class / last class
eg. last class, we learned xyz
eg2. in our last class, we learned it

Pronunciation

series – “seer reez”

siri’s – “sir reez”