Online Class Notes (Mike)

Write about an event/thing that happened to you when you were in China. (PAST TENSE) 150 words. 

Vocabulary

adventurous (adj.)
take an adventure
my friend is an adventurous person

obstacle (n)
There are many obstacles for us to overcome.

play my hobbies.
spend more time on developing my hobbies.

develop a habit

various (adj.) all kinds, a variety of

surprise (v/n) – surprising (adj.)
I have a big surprise for you.

awesome – excellent – fantastic – marvelous – wonderful – cool – outstanding – fabulous

give – gave – given
I will give you a pen.
Yesterday, I gave him a pen.
I have given all I have to you.

keep – kept
I kept all the things/memories from China.

cultural shock: differences in cultures

independent (adj.) – independence (n)

be dependent on
rely on
Sometimes, young people want to move out for their study/work because they want to be independent.
They don’t want to rely on their parents anymore.

It is important to have a strong bond/tie/connection with you family.

How you manage the situation?
How do you manage the situation.

open-minded (adj.)

If you married quickly.
If you get married too young/soon before you know the other person well.

disagreement/fights/quarrel
I had a quarrel over money with my girlfriend yesterday.

I didn’t get to see the pandas.

I never thought I lived in China.
I have never thought (that) I would live in China.

My English was empty.
My English was zero. 

I am taking class again.
I am picking up English!

make a plan and stick to it. 

we try to back
we tried to go back

Pronunciation

adventure 

pic ture 

culture

va ri e ty