Online Class Notes (JJ)

Pronunciation

Boring: BAO-ring

Born: not “bore”

Comfortable: COMF-ta-ble

Bowl: b-OH-l

Vocabulary

Cement powder: 石灰粉

Hallucinate v.: 幻想

Feel high: when people take drugs

Ex: Cement powder mixed with areca palm can make people feel high.

Subtitle: 字幕

Paranoid adj.: 神经质

Healthcare: 医疗保障

Grammar

Half of a/an object: 半个________

Half a/an

Ex: half of a mango (half a mango)

half of a watermelon

half of a bowl of rice (口语： half a bowl of rice)

half an hour

half a year

Once a week: 一周一次

Twice a week: 一周两次

Four times a week: 一周四次

I write the news one time one week. Sanya is a business place now. It makes them 幻想. Some place, they feel it’s not convenient. I scared everyday.

Revised:

I write the newsletter once a week. Sanya has been commercialized. It makes them hallucinate. People feel that some places aren’t convenient. I was scared everyday.