Online Class Notes (Mike)

What are the annoying things during Covid?

In 2008, Alex Lenkei had a problem with the bone in his arm and he needed a serious operation. Normally, with an operation like that, the doctor gives the patient an anaesthetic so that he or she doesn’t feel any pain. But Lenkei refused the anaesthetic. Instead, he hypnotised himself and simply told himself that he could not feel any pain. That took about thirty seconds. Then the operation started. According to Mr Lenkei, pain signals do not reach his brain when he is hypnotised.

The doctor, David Llewellyn-Clerk, was a bit worried. He had to take some bone from Lenkei’s arm. He watched Lenkei carefully during the operation, as he wasn’t sure that Lenkei could feel no pain. ‘I didn’t think Mr Lenkei could hear us,’ said Dr Llewellyn-Clerk, ‘but half way through the operation, he said “How’s it going?”’ That’s when the doctor realised that Lenkei was not in pain. The operation lasted 83 minutes.

Mr Lenkei started hypnotising people when he was sixteen and is now an expert. It wasn’t his first operation without anaesthetic. In 1996, a friend hypnotised him before a thirty-minute operation on his stomach. Both operations were successful, so Lenkei had a third operation without anaesthetic in 2013.

After the lockdown, i want to do these things.

First, I will going to ChongQing to meet my frend, She will take me to hot pot.
We wile go to a mine learn to dive and pass the exam to obtain a diving certificate.

After that, we will going to nanning for underwater photogrphy.

Finally i will come back to Shanghai learn to how to drive.

These are the things i want to do after the lockdown.

After the lockdown, I want to do these things.

First, I will go to Chongqing to meet my friend. She will take me to hot pot.
We will go to a mine pit to learn diving and pass the exam to obtain/get a diving certificate/license.

After that, we will go to Nanning for underwater photography.

Finally I will come back to Shanghai to learn how to drive./get my driver’s license. 考驾照

These are the things I want to do after the lockdown.

Grammar

will = be going to
I will call you.
I am going to call you.

to 表示目的
I want to go to Japan to meet my friends.

need to do 
I need to call him. 

should/must/can/could/will/might + 动词原形

Vocabulary

mine pit 矿井/矿坑

dive (v)
diving (n)

run (v)
I ran 5km this morning.
running (n)
Running is my favorite sport.

swim (v)
swimming (n)

driver’s license (n) 驾照

business license 营业执照

technical (adj.) 技术性的
technology (n) 技术

earn (v) 挣（钱），赢

early (adj.) 早

IT: information technology 信息技术

talent (n) 天分 – talented (adj.) 有才华的/有天赋的
gift (n) 天赋，天才/礼物 – gifted (adj.) 有才华的/有天赋的
Yao Ming is a talented/gifted basketball player.

present (n) 礼物

such (adj.) 这些
Such a beautiful girl! 真好看的一个女孩啊！
Such a nice day!

some (adj.) 一些

responsible (adj.) 负责任的
be responsible for 负责
I am responsible for what happened.
responsibility (n) 责任
take ~ 承担责任
I will take the responsibility of raising my child. 我会承担起养孩子的责任

install (v) 安装，配置，安置
～ an App, air conditioner 

market (v) 推广，营销

social media (n) 社交媒体

media (n) 媒体

process (n) 过程

tutor (v/n) 导师，家教，私下的辅导

hire (v) 雇佣，雇，录用
Our company hired 10 people last month.

fire (v) 开除
(n) 火
I was fired by my boss this morning.
My boss fired me and hired a new girl yesterday.

dual (adj.) 双重的，两杯的，双数的
dual citizenship 双重国籍

information： info 信息

appropriate (adj.) 恰当的，合适的
advertisement (n) 广告 – ad (n)

service (n)

spread (v) 扩散，传播，伸展，展开，涂抹
spread your arms. 打开手臂
spread rumor 散布谣言
spread butter on the bread 在面包上涂抹黄油

tool (n) 工具

cooperate (v) 合作 – cooperation (n) 合作
cooperate with sb 和…合作

major (adj.) 主要的

duty (n) 义务，责任，职责

answer (v/n) 回答，接(电话)

schedule (v/n) 时间表/安排时间

appointment (n) 预约

represent (v) 代表 – representative (n) 代理人，代表人

currently (adv.) 目前的，当下的，正在

fit (adj.) 健康的

fitness (n) 健身

sign up (v) 报名，登记，申请

absolute (adj.) 绝对的，十分的

opportunity (n) chance 机会/机遇

engage (v) 参与
engage oneself in sth 某人参与/沉浸到某事中

psychologist (n) 心理学家
psychology (n) 心理学

pressure (n) 压力
persuade (v) 劝说/说服

motivate (v) 激励

sporty (adj.) 像运动员一样的/有运动风采/风格的

instructor (n) 指引你的人，教练

position (n) 位置，地位，职位，岗位

quite (adv.) 十分，挺…的

widespread (adj.) 广泛的，常见的，普通的，到处都有的

extra (adj.) 额外的

apply for (v) 申请

consider (v) 考虑

Pronunciation

speed:

sport:

spread

responsible 

star

stay

It seems almost everyone has a friend who is a technical genius. Such people earn money using their talent. If you are one of them, you could be responsible for technical support in your college or university and get your part-time job for a college student.

You are able to help your friends with programs install and you can market services on different sites and social media. Set your hours free and enjoy the process of earning money by doing your favorite thing.

TUTOR

A lot of students hire a tutor to help them in high school or college. If you are good at some subjects, why not work as a peer tutor? It’s a dual thing （一举两得的事） because you help your friends and earn money at the same time. If you know foreign languages, you can make more money. All you need to do is to make an appropriate advertisement of your services using college newspapers and other tools of spreading info. One of the best things about being a tutor is that you can set your hours.

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR 健身教练

If your college or university has a fitness center and if you are a sporty person, go and sign up to get this job. You will have an absolute free opportunity to engage yourself in sports. You need to be a good psychologist because you going to work with people and it’ll be your job to persuade and motivate them to become sporty, healthy and strong. Being fitness instructor is a perfect position for those who love to help other people and want to make more friends.

OFFICE WORKER

Nowadays many companies cooperate with students, giving them part-time jobs. Some of the major job duties of an office worker are answering calls and scheduling appointments. If you are interested in doing this job, contact the representatives of different companies to find out if they’re currently hiring anyone.

BABYSITTER

Babysitting is quite a widespread thing, so there’s a nice opportunity for students to make extra money while having a lot of fun. You can apply for a job at school day-care centers （日托中心）or consider babysitting for families you know.