Open F2F Class Notes (Ben) [S]

busy for –> busy doing

the Dragonboat Festival 端午节

I even can’t swimming –> I can’t even swim

if one person have –> if one person has

Vocabulary

refuse = to say no, to turn down an invitation or an offer

My friend invited me but I refused.

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intangible heritage = a heritage that is not tangible, that you cannot touch 非物质文化遗产

Shadow puppets and China’s cuisine are part of China’s intangible heritage.

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Upward mobility

Yesterday we saw the talk show, they talk about whether people need have upward mobility. And if one person has no upward ability, whether it’s wrong. One guest of the talk show, she shared his upward mobility.

When she was in the high school, she had no upward mobility. She thought everything was definity and she learned class because she was a student. She learned dancing or other interests because her mother wanted  hoped her to learn.

After some years, she find that what is her interest, this was a debate. She loved debate. She started find a new way to communicate with other peoples by debate.

Even she organized one debate compest to enjoy debate. Even she had full of upward mobility, but she said we cannot see the end of upward mobility. She was so tired. And she paid more efforts but she didn’t get the good conclusion that she wanted.

We should have upward mobility but at the same time, we should have a rest.

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Yesterday we saw a talk show about whether people needed to have upward mobility and whether it’s wrong if one person has no upward mobility. One guest of the talk show she shared her story of upward mobility.

When she was in the high school, she had no upward mobility. She thought everything was fixed and predestined. For example, she went to class because she was a student. She learned dancing or other things because her mother wanted her to learn.

After a few years, she found out that what her interest was. It was debating. She loved debates. She started to find a new way to communicate with other people through debates.

She even organized one debate contest to enjoy debate. Even though she had a lot of upward mobility, but she said she could never see the end of the path. She was so tired. And she paid more and more efforts but she never got the good result that she wanted.

We should be able to enjoy upward mobility but at the same time, we should also have the freedom to take a rest.

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Is he a teacher?

I don’t know if he is a teacher.

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even = 甚至

even if = 即使

even though, although = 虽然

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Even though A, but B –> Even though A, B