Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Discuss the word “the” and when to use it – why to use it.

Insomnia has become an issue for me in the past 1 month.
The importance of sleep / rest is well-known, and the insomnia is one of the most common sleep complaints / syndromes from modern people. It says sleep disorder has affect 35% of adults. I have been suffering acute insomnia time to time and may last 1-2 days randomly. It has impact on my daytime quality and my working efficiency.
People experience the conditions in different ways, such as having difficulty falling into asleep, waking up in the middle of sleep and feeling tired after getting up. Insomnia can provoke profound reaction on us.It can sap not only our energy level but also mood but also health , work efficiency and life quality. The days that I haven’t slept well I feel lower level of energy and grumpy as well
For myself, it happened once a week that it will take me at least 1 hour to fall into asleep. I’ve analyzed the underlying causes of this problem. Major cause would be active screen time before bed such as playing on the phone, which makes my brain still active even after the lights are off ( in medical, they call it a state of hyperarousal). Second cause would be lack of physical exercise when I have not consumed my energy up during the daytime, it would be extremely hard to sleep.Third cause is caffeine and tea and fourth is late time having fun on weekend which disrupts my weekdays sleep.

Fashion represents culture and generational change as well. Different generations always use fashion to mark themselves. For now there’s a spat between millennials and generation Z/X.

They disputed fiercely fashion aesthetic thru tick tick about hairstyles and clothes.
Some influencers among generation Z posted that they’d rather die than wear skinny jeans and they will never accept side parted hairs.

Main dispute is not to argue which are better Styles – skinny jeans or puffy jeans are better but to demonstrate who’s gaining power among fashion. The unwilling handoff of fashion from previous generation to the Next generation is hard for the millennials, given that they’ve been conquered the world for at least a decade

Insomnia has become an issue for me in the past 1 month.
The importance of sleep / rest is well-known / has been well established, and the insomnia is one of the most common sleep complaints / syndromes of modern people. It says sleep disorder has affected 35% of adults. I have been suffering acute insomnia randomly from time to time which may last 1-2 days. It has an impact /  on my daytime quality and my working efficiency.
People experience the conditions in different ways, such as having difficulty falling into asleep, waking up in the middle of sleep and feeling tired after getting up. Insomnia can provoke profound reactions in us and can sap not only our energy level and mood, but also our health, work efficiency and life quality. On the days that I haven’t slept well, I feel i have lower energy levels and feel / am grumpy as well.
For myself, it happened once a week that it will take me at least 1 hour to fall into asleep. I’ve analyzed the underlying causes of this problem and the major cause would be active screen time before bed such as playing on the phone, which makes my brain still active even after the lights are off (medically, they call it a state of hyperarousal / the medical term is hyperarousal). The second cause would be a lack of physical exercise when I have not expended my energy up during the daytime, which would make it extremely hard to sleep. Third cause is caffeine and tea, which if I drink after 2-3 PM, I find it affects my sleep. Fourth is staying up on weekends having fun which disrupts my sleep during the week.

Fashion represents culture and generational change as well. Different generations always use fashion to mark and indentify themselves. At the moment, there’s a spat between millennials and generation Z.

They fiercely disputed fashion aesthetics thru tick tick about hairstyles and clothes.
Some influencers among generation Z posted that they’d rather die than wear skinny jeans and they will never accept side parted hairstyles.

The main point of the dispute is not to argue which are better Styles and whether skinny jeans or puffy jeans are better, but to demonstrate who’s gaining power within / over fashion. The unwilling handoff of fashion from the previous generation to the Next generation is hard for the millennials, given that they’ve been conquering the world for at least a decade

Grammar

fall into sleep – fall asleep 

hit on the road – hit the road 

people who borned in the 90s – people who were born in the 90s

Vocabulary

i sleep late – stay up late 

rotary phone

force of habit 
eg. I was a teacher for years but I have since retired. Now when I am socialising, sometimes I accidentally correct other people’s grammar mistakes out of force of habit!

Pronunciation

postponed – “posponed”