Online Class Notes (Jesse)

find some email / ppt / documents regarding the global biweekly meeting that we can use to review / discuss

or, do some writing about things in the coming year that you’re either looking forward to or dreading.

Grammar

yesterday I hang out with – hung out with 

switch our positions – switch places
eg. i wanted to switch places with her
eg2. could we switch places please??

at the very first beginning – at the very beginning / this is the very first time for me to see an elephant

I’m not pretty sure about it – I’m not really sure about it

Vocabulary

moisturizing – adding water to sth
eg. I did a moisturizing treatment

hair dresser (person + place) / hair salon (place)

you can predict someone’s future based on how they were as a kid 

we line up for showering before we went to bed – we lined up to shower before bed 

stay – hotel / not leave
live – home / permanent place to stay
eg. I lived at the kindergarten for 1 year
eg2. I stayed at a hotel in Beijing
eg3. I live in Shanghai
eg4. I don’t want to go out, I want to stay home.

i’m slightly apprehensive 

throw up – sick
throw out – garbage
eg. I was sick and I threw up

morning sickness – sickness you get when pregnant
eg. my mum had really bad morning sickness

number one is about our wedding which is postoned due to the covid but im not sure if we can have a wedding right now cause the covid is still serious. So we have to postpone it to next year probably. The 2nd topic would be having a baby… i’m slightly apprehensive about it. especially getting pregnant and then going to work at the same time… that’s so stressed. I think judy is better because she runs her own company so she can has more free time.

number one is about our wedding which is on hold / has been postoned due to the covid but im not sure if we can have a wedding right now cause the covid is still serious. So we have to postpone it to / until next year probably. The 2nd topic would be having a baby… i’m slightly / quite apprehensive about it. especially getting pregnant and then going to work at the same time… that’s so stressful / that would be stressful. I think judy is better because she runs her own company so she is able to have / she can have more free time.

nucleic acid test – COVID test

autonomous 
independent 
self reliant
eg. during the first 2 months I needed help to do my job but after that I could do it autonomously
eg2. I am an autonomous worker