Online Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

community – xiao qu

ex. In my community we can order food and get it delivered.

essentials – important or necessary

ex. We are only allowed to buy the essentials.

ex. Vegetables and meat are the bare essentials.

group buy – tuan gou

ex. Some communities are not allowed to group buy.

lettuce – shen cai

graduate – leave a school, university or a position

ex. I am supposed to graduate this summer.

keep in touch – to keep contact with people

ex. I keep in touch with my friends online.

puppet – stick figures or dolls attached to string

telescope – a long device used for looking at the stars

Speaking exercise

I found all of the snacks in the room.

I stocked up on a lot of snacks in my room.

I really want to KFC, Shake Shack.

I really want fast food like KFC and Shake Shack.

Back then I could eat fries, chicken every two days.

Back then I would have fries and fried chicken every two days.

Now, some vegetables and a little fruit and some eggs, toasts and few meat.

Now, I only have vegetables, a bit of fruit, some eggs, toasts and a bit of meat.

I would just not eat it and put some salt and peppers on the rice and eat.

I won’t eat it and I would put some salt and pepper on my rice.

I’m not very miss the school.

I don’t really miss school.

I don’t know maybe if we can go to school and just do it.

I’m not sure of whether we can go to school and graduate.

Maybe some because I can talk to them on the internet.

Just some of them because I can talk to the others on the internet.