Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Grammar

I got up at 12

Vocabulary

fee (specific things)– the amount you pay to someone / a company for a service
eg. the fee for the gym is 2000 RMB
cost (general)– the total amount you pay including food / travel / clothes everything
eg. the cost of living is high / the cost of going to school is high (travel, clothes, food, etc)
price (specific things) – the amount you pay to buy sth / rent sth
eg. the price of the iphone / flight / room in the hotel

teach – give knowledge / ideas / help sb to learn sth
eg. anyone can teach someone something
train – show sb how to do sth (professional)
eg. a boss trains their staff / you train your dog

job – position / responsibility
work – what you do / verb / the place
company – like Apple, Google, Tencent
eg. I got work – slang
eg2. I got a job / It’s my job to help you
eg3. I work at SE / I am at work / I am doing some work
eg4. I work for a Chinese company

marriage licence / certificate

foreigners in the west – westerners / people in western countries 

get an abortion – don’t keep the baby (kill the baby)

1.I have a date with My friends to ski in two weeks.
2.The fee for raising a child is very expensive.The Chinese parents are very hard,they usually try to train up their children,support them to finish college/graduate.Some parents also spend lots of money to help them getting a stable work like public institution,Then pay the fees for children marriage.including buying a house for them and look after the baby.so more and more people don’t want to get married.
3.My hometown is the most serious smog city in China.
4.People usually manage to retaliate the person who hurts them.
5.When you take the subway or train,you need to security check first.
6.There is no effective cure for the current disease/illness.
7.女主角 female character, female lead, leading actress, protagonist.Which one is common?

1.I have a date with My friends to ski in two weeks. / the week after next
2.The cost of raising a child is very expensive. The Chinese parents work very hard, and / because they usually try to teach their children, and support them to finish college/graduate. Some parents also spend lots of money to help them to get a stable job like in a public institution / like in a government company, They pay the fees for their children’s marriage, including buying a house for them and looking after the baby. So more and more people don’t want to get married.
3.My hometown has one of the most serious smog problems in China.
4.People usually manage to retaliate against the person who hurt them.
5.When you take the subway or train, you need to do a / go through security check first.
6.There is no effective cure for the current disease/illness.
7.女主角 female character, female lead, leading actress, protagonist.Which one is common?
eg. in the book the female character is the protagonist. The movie based on the book has a actress named Dorothy Smith who is the female lead / leading actress who plays the female character named Claire.