Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Grammar

have a great night of sleeping – have a great night’s sleep / sleeping makes me so happy / sleep is so important 

he is living in China since 2012 – he has been living…

if i were they – if I were them

Vocabulary

strain / strainer
eg. I need a tea strainer or infuser when I drink tea to remove the little bits of tea leaf

tree bark – the “skin” of the tree

dialect – like Shanghainese

charades – “shar raydz” – the game where you act something and you can’t speak
pictionary – the game where you draw something and you can’t speak

the next superpower

he called the meeting to see how everyone is going – to get an update on how everyone is

incrementally open up / gradually open up

they compete across 20 days (more general) / for 20 days (it lasts that amount of time)

Pronunciation

triathlete / triangle – “try”