Online Class Notes (Mike)

How to give encouragement.

How do you like your new job?

Hi XZZ,

How have you been? I’m happiness! I went on holiday to the XSBN with my family last week and i wish stayed here with my parents. I
How have you been? I’m happy! I went on holiday to the XSBN with my family last week and I wish to live here with my parents for the rest of my life.

We travelled by plane to KunMin and then by plane to XSBN, we stayed in a clean and nice homestay, next to the Mekong River。
We first flew to KunMing and then transferred to another flight to XSBN. We stayed in a clean and nice homestay next to the Mekong River.

Then we went to a famous restaurants Tasted the local specialty “Dai pilaf”, In the evening we went for a walk along the Mekong River，Went to visit the famous “Starlight Night Market”
Then we went to a famous restaurant and tasted/tried a local specialty called “Dai pilaf”. In the evening, we went for a walk along the Mekong River, then went to visit the famous “Starlight Night Market”.

The next day we went to XSBN Botanical Garden ，It’s full of greenery。I also put on Dai costumes and took a lot of photos.
The next day, we went to XSBN Botanical Garden. It’s full of greenery. I also put on/wore Dai costumes and took a lot of photos.

XSBN is warm and has a rich variety of fruits, When we got home, we often talked about the trip，Next time, I want to take my parents on a trip and let them have more new and wonderful experiences.
XSBN is warm and has a rich variety of fruits. After we got home, we talked about the trip a lot/quite a bit/frequently. Next time, I want to take my parents on a trip again and let them have more new and wonderful experiences.

In the morning, we went to A to see B. After two hours, C attracted our attention. After we were done with D, the smell of E got our appetite up. 

The next day, a local friend recommended F, so we …. 

Since I was a kid, G had always been on my travel list, today, I finally made it here.
Last year, I watched a documentary called XXX. The scene with the monkeys/… had always stayed in my mind. 留在我的脑海里

The warm climate and its natural scenery in YN is something that I look forward to experiencing.
I could never forget XXX that I saw on A bite of China. 舌尖上的中国

XXX is a fascinating event.

Grammar

一般标点符号后，留一个空格

形容词: 修饰名词
A tall boy
A rich woman
A green tree

副词修饰动词：
He comes here frequently/often.
They are playing happily.
She sadly told me about the news.
They are madly in love.
My friendly is insanely obsessed with TF boys. 着迷，迷恋
He eats slowly.
He eat fast.

副词修饰形容词: 一般是表示程度
He/She is insanely/extremely rich.
YaoMing is super tall.

Vocabulary

happiness (n) 幸福
happy (adj.) 幸福的

live (v) 长期居住
stay 短期居住
I will stay in Japan for 3 months and then I will move back to SH.

transfer (v) 转运，运输，运送，转机，换乘，转账，转户，交接
You can transfer to line 2 at JingAn Temple.
Can you transfer 300 to me now?
Tom will transfer to another school next year.

pilaf (n) 手抓饭

frequent (adj.) 频繁的
He is a frequent customer.
frequently (adv.) 经常地
He comes to our shop frequently. 

fascinating (adj.) 迷住的
fascinate (v) 把…迷住
The trees in YN fascinates me.
The new iPhone really fascinates Apple fans.

I am really into sci-fi/superhero movies. 对…很投入
This year, I got pretty into coffee.  着迷

attract (v) 吸引
XXX attracts 3 million people every year.
Her voice really attracted me.
attractive (adj.) 吸引人的
her voice is attractive.

be interested in sth 对…有兴趣
I was not interested in pop music when I was a kid, but now, I am really into it.
Are you interested in this kind of job?

be curious about sth 对…好奇

set (v) 设定在…
setting (n) 设置/设定，背景
This movie was set in 1960.

capital (n) 首都，资本
(adj.) 大写的
capitalism 资本主义
The P in iPhone should be a capital P.

70s: in the seventies.
I was born in the nineties.

describe (v) 描述，描绘
Can you describe the movie to me?

drama (n) 戏剧
dramatic (adj.) 充满戏剧性的

serve (v) 服侍，服务
Serve the people
service (n) 服务
Our company doesn’t offer/have visa service.
I am very happy with your service.

resent (v) 憎恨 = hate
resentment
His resentment towards her is biased. 有偏见的

loyal companion 忠诚的陪伴

Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, is a powerful story of friendship, betrayal and suffering. It is set in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in the seventies, then a relatively liberal and open-minded city.

Although the novel describes dramatic political events, it is Amir’s close friendship with Hassan, the son of his father’s servant, which catches our attention. Hassan serves his friend breakfast every morning and then stays to clean the house while Amir is driven to school. Hassan does not resent his friend’s much more comfortable life and he is a loyal companion.

However, Amir betrays him, an act that will make Amir feel guilty even when he and his father have escaped to America and left Hassan and the war behind. It is a journey that takes him back to his home country and forces him to face the suffering that the people he left behind have to live with.

Hosseini describes Afghanistan is a way that brings the country to life, and his writing style is always clear and easy to follow. The story moves along at a fast pace and takes us on an incredibly exciting journey from the joy and happiness of the boys’ youth to the anxiety and fear of the war. Hosseini has demonstrated great skill in managing to take such a complicated theme and produce a novel that readers all over the world find hard to put down.

The Kite Runner is a dramatic novel that is full of action and emotion and that, despite the war that erupts and destroys people’s lives, offers hope. Much of the story is set in a country that has suffered greatly, but the ending suggests that there might be a better future both for the characters and for Afghanistan. One can only hope that this is the case.