VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]
Vocabulary
registered residence – hu kou
slower pace of life
eg. living in tianjing is a slower pace of life / tian jing has a slower pace of life than shanghai
it’s up to – people deciding
eg. it’s up to you what we talk about
it depends on – things / situations
eg. it depends on whether it rains tomorrow or not
expectation (n)
for now = current situation that you expect to change later
eg. living in SH is fine for now…
so far / for now / not yet / as of nowÂ
fate – ming yun
eg. i think it was fate that we met
i don’t give up – i won’t give up / i’m not giving up / i don’t want to give upÂ
back in the day = in the past at a time when things were different
eg. back in the day we used to just go to our friend’s houses to see if they were home
Pronunciation
contact – “CON tact”
It was a very meaningful Chinese National Day for me since my little brother got married. I had been to many weddings as a guest, but I was not very involved. For this one, I was a big part of it. The wedding lasted five days. The first four days was arranged to treat all the relatives, friends and workmates of our parents’ and my brother’s. We rented tables, dishes, chopsticks and catering company who helped us to prepare food for the guests. We also invited one of our distant relative who was good at cooking food by using the “big pot†to prepare food for relatives and neighbours. There were hundreds of people we treated each day, though it was very tired for me, I was still glad that I could learn many Chinese traditional wedding customs from it. Our close relatives had face paint and did the “Yang-ge†dancing to celebrate and welcome the new bride. The old word said, “people should not let the bride’s feet touch the ground before she arrives at the groom’s homeâ€, so my father and my brother took the bride by a wheel barrow which was a very old Chinese tool and always used to transporting heavy thighs in the old days. The whole wedding was full of happiness and fun, and my families were all satisfied of it.
It was a very meaningful Chinese National Day for me since / as / because my little brother got married. I had been to many weddings as a guest, but I was not very involved. For this one, I was a big part of it. The wedding lasted five days during which the first four days were arranged to treat all the relatives, friends and workmates of our parents and my brother. We rented tables, dishes, cutlery / utensils and hired a catering company who helped us to prepare food for the guests. We also invited one of our distant relatives who was good at cooking by using the “big pot†to prepare food for our relatives and neighbours. There were hundreds of people we treated on each day, though it was very tiring for me, I was still glad that I could learn many traditional Chinese wedding customs from it. Our close relatives had face paint and did the “Yang-ge†dancing to celebrate and welcome the new bride. A traditional Chinese custom says that, “people should not let the bride’s feet touch the ground before she arrives at the groom’s homeâ€, so my father and my brother took the bride by a wheelbarrow which was a very old Chinese piece of equipment / vehicle and always used to transport heavy things in the old days. The whole wedding was full of happiness and fun, and my family was / all of my relatives were satisfied with it.
Grammar
for my previous 10 years – in the last 10 yearsÂ
for now i think i need to change – now i need to change
1. Determiners— articles and other limiters . . .
2. Observation–postdeterminers and limiter adjectives and adjectives subject to subjective measure . . .
3. Size and shape–adjectives subject to objective measure . . .
4. Age–adjectives describing age . . .
5. Color–adjectives describing color . . .
6. Origin–adjectives denoting the source of the noun . . .
7. Material–adjectives describing what something is made of . . .
8. Qualifier–final limiter that is often part of the noun . . .”
A friend of my friend
A friend of mine
A friend of yours
A friend of Jesse
we just chat and know each other – we just chatted and got to know each other
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