Online Class Notes (Jesse) [30] [12.5]

Vocabulary

pandemic – global spread
epidemic – local spread

lower my expectations 

“expectations are the killer of joy”

present tense – every day / sometimes 
I drink coffee. – active 主动的
The coffee is drunk by me. – passive 被动的

past tense – yesterday
I drank the coffee. – active 主动的
The coffee was drunk by me. – passive 被动的

present perfect – already 
I have drunk the coffee. – active 主动的
The coffee has been drunk. – passive 被动的

I have been to Japan
I have traveled to Japan

Japan has been traveled to by me

Grammar

it’s exhausting / I’m exhausted

some of my colleagues they are not in beijing right now

when she finishes the visa she can come here – when the visa is finished she can come here

i communicate with her by chinese – in chinese 

she talked about teaching foreigners Chinese

mad at her

she gave birth to me = she had me when she was 26