Online Class Notes (Mike)

Speaking exercise

有些人会在考试前夕临时抱佛脚,通宵学习。用英语描述这个现象,并谈论其利弊。

Writing exercise

Slang is popular, less official and current language. It is as constantly changing as common language. There are reasons that promote the development of slang quickly. For example the Internet can help create some computer related slang, and some young people creat some popular slang as well. There are some dictionaries for describing slang in the bookstore. No matter how well you speak English, There are always new and interesting words can be replaced.


Slang is a popular, less official and current language form. It is as constantly changing as common language. There are reasons that promote the development of slang quickly. For example the Internet can help create some computer related slang, and young people create some popular slang as well. There are some dictionaries for describing slang. No matter how well you speak English, there are always new and interesting words that can be replaced by slang.

Having breakfast is an important thing in UK. There is a traditional activity which encourage people to make better breakfast weekly , and people always make sausages, fried beans or bacon, etc in the breakfast . Nowadays people seldom make these foods, because people think they are unhealthy. After getting up, they usually drink milk with cereal. Most of People think it is easier and save time in UK. However, people can make porridge with oat in winter, because it can be comfortable.


Having breakfast is an important thing in UK. There is a traditional activity which encourages people to make better breakfast weekly , and people always make sausages, fried beans or bacon, etc. Nowadays people rarely make these foods, because people think they are unhealthy. After getting up, they usually have cereal milk. Most people think it is easy and saves time in UK.
It is comfortable to drink porridge with oat in the winter.

Vocabulary

go viral 疯狂传播,刷屏
This article went viral last week.

There’s a reason we have an expression ‘cool cat’.

expression (n) 表达,固定短语
impression (n)

payoff (n)

et cetera

seldom (adv.) :
rarely = barely (adv.) 几乎不
I rarely go to Starbucks.

rare (adj.) 罕见的,稀有的
rare metal 稀有金属
special (adj.) 特殊的

Grammar

Most + N

most of sth/sb:
I gave most of my money to my parents.
I learned of the words from Mike.

be with sb: 和某人一起
He wants to be with that girl.

be there for sb: 一起共同经历