{"id":146245,"date":"2020-07-27T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartyingyu.com\/?p=146245"},"modified":"2021-05-26T01:04:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:04:25","slug":"2-f2f-class-notes-allys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartyingyu.com\/2-f2f-class-notes-allys\/","title":{"rendered":"2 F2F Class Notes (Ally)[S]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vocabulary<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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tabloids:<\/strong> hua bian xin wen<\/p>\n

astro sign:<\/strong> xing zuo<\/p>\n

brand:<\/strong> pin pai
\nie. Ally can’t afford designer brands\/luxury brands.<\/p>\n

retouch:<\/strong> xiu (v)
\nie. Every girl retouch their photos.<\/p>\n

freelance:<\/strong> \u00a0(adj) no contract, contact clients directly<\/p>\n

peers:<\/strong> people around you, of the same age
\nie. This just shows how much you can be influenced by your peers.<\/p>\n

down-to-earth:<\/strong>\u00a0(adj)jiao ta shi di<\/p>\n

investigate:<\/strong>\u00a0(v) diao cha (n) investigation
\nie. He investigated all of you.<\/p>\n

entertainment:<\/strong> yu le \u00a0(v) entertain (adj) entertained
\nie. I want to find some entertainment tonight.
\nie. The movie was very entertaining.
\nie. I have to entertain our guests.\/keep them entertained.<\/p>\n

frown:<\/strong> zhou mei<\/p>\n

faith:<\/strong> xin ren (adj) faithful – for relationships
\nie. My ex-husband wasn’t faithful. – He cheated on me with a 16 year-old girl.
\nie. I have faith in God.
\nie. Have a little faith (in God). -> Don’t worry, it will work out.<\/p>\n

Grammar<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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can’t believe\/unbelievable – think it’s fake\/it can’t happen
\nie. I can’t believe you did that!
\nie. I can’t believe you have two classes today! It’s unbelievable!<\/p>\n

believe in = have faith in
\nie. I have faith in you = I believe in you.
\nie. I believe you = I believe your story\/you’re telling the truth.<\/p>\n

“to be” – no action, for states, or adjs
\nie. When I was in college… when we are together…<\/p>\n

“by”<\/strong> – how much increase\/more\/difference?
\n– The price of this bag increased by 2000 to 6000.\/ is 2000 more than before.<\/p>\n

tense
\n– “ing” means continuous action (do one thing for a while)
\nie. am studying, was studying, had been studying…
\n– “would” for all “if” situations<\/p>\n

For all dates:
\n1st = first = August first,\u00a02nd, 3rd …
\n22nd = July twenty-second
\n23rd = July twenty-third
\n30th = thirtieth<\/p>\n

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Speaking exercise<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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Q: Tell me about an important decision you have made.
\nA: When I needed to go to college, and I chose my major with my family’s help. I had been study engineer for 4 years… Our class have 10 girls. I still think it’s wrong decision. When I graduated, I work as a cost-engineer for three years and I hate it. So let me choose again, I will choose English or other language as my major. My family open a small company, and need my help\/I can help them. And they know the local engineering boss\/group so they can give me a career. Because I was too young to know what I really want. At that day, the studio I work not too busy at that time, but same pay, so I start to get other part-time job. So at the same time, I go to the interview, so I get my job.<\/p>\n

A: When I needed to go to college, and I chose my major with my family’s help\/I chose my major with my family’s help\/I followed my family’s plan when I went to college\/was in college\/just graduated from high-school. I had been studying engineering for 4 years… Our class had 10 girls. I still think it’s wrong decision. When I graduated, I worked\/started out as a cost-engineer(person) for three years and I hated it. So if I can choose again, I would choose English or other\/another language as my major. My family started a small company, and needed my help\/I could help them\/they thought I could help them. And they knew the local engineering boss\/group so they could give me a good future career opportunity. Because I was too young to know what I really wanted. At that day, the studio I worked at wasn’t too busy at that time, but the salary was the same\/they gave me the \/ I got the same pay, so I got\/started to look for another part-time job. So at the same time, I went to interviews, so I got my job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: Tell me about your boyfriend.
\nA: We’ve been together already 5 years. My boyfriend is kinda like the TV actor from “Mad Men”. He has charming personality and little-bit old fashioned. He doesn’t like the tabloids. He likes to read old book like history of Mao. He really admire Mao. I think the book is maybe 100 000 zi. He is a supplier for food, he don’t need to stay at the office. He needs to go to other companies , find someone needs their company’s products. Older than me 2 years old. When I be with him, I watch a lot movie, TV from American from British … They think he can easily to trick me. They want me to get married with some honest down-to-earth men. They are starting to accept my boyfriend because we been together too long and we keep each other company. All my family divorced so I don’t think they have the hua yu quan. My aunt tell me you can dating for your whole life, just don’t get married… just can’t believe the marriage… He has a house in a our hometown and the house has a really good xue qu.<\/p>\n

A: We’ve been together for 5 years already. My boyfriend is kinda like the TV actor from “Mad Men”. He has a charming personality and he is a little-bit old fashioned. He doesn’t like the tabloids\/reading tabloid news articles\/entertainment news. He likes to read old book like history of Mao. He really admires Mao. I think the book is maybe 100 000 words long. He is a supplier for food, he doesn’t need to stay at the office. He goes to other companies to find\/and look for someone who needs their company’s products. He is older than me by 2 years.\/He is 2 years older than me. When I stay\/am with him, I watch a lot of American\/British movies and TVs\/ from America from Britain … They think he can trick me very easily. They want me to get married with\/to\/marry some ( mou xie ) honest down-to-earth men. They are starting to accept my boyfriend because we have been together (for) too long and we keep each other company. All my family are divorced\/separated so I don’t think they have the right to tell me what to do\/are in no position to give me relationship\/marital advice. My aunt told\/taught\/tells me that I can date for my whole life, just don’t get married\/without getting married\/marriage… She doesn’t believe in marriage anymore… He has a house in a our hometown, and the house is in a very good school district.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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