Diary 2023-04-22

• People who see admiration for the big things as admiration for themselves personally.
• We’ll find out later what the difference is between praise and admiration.

I arrived GABA 40 minutes ahead of the book.

• This is the only time I didn’t bring my computer.
• I mistakenly thought he was going to be late.
• Just now the previous lesson is started.

By the way it should be nice traning that prohibiting Japanese during I am visiting Gaba

• I noticed that scrapbox ignores iPhone’s smart input
  • mmm

Writing opinions in the native language tends to be too costly and therefore too long

• This is a near-surface term in the [iceberg model
• Writing digest in English may facilitate crystalizing
  • maybe typo. I’ll check later
• First you wrote text in your native language, then make digest versions in English as a second language. It will facilitate crystallization of thoughts.
• Not translate, just digest.
• Bercause writing opinions in the native language is less costful to find words, more lengthy the text.

The origin of bubble tea

Random talks are interesting than lesson

falls asleep

Note

• I mentor middle and high school students.

  • I give advise to them.

• You are great at rephrasing and restructuring sentences and asking questions.

• the prepositions of time

• I have never been there.

• He is greeting with the man.

  • in front of one’s desk

• PB&J

• I finished it …

  • yesterday
    • in the morning / afternoon / evening
    • at night
  • on Monday

• Is the research done?

  • It isn’t done yet.
  • Not yet.
  • No. I’ll ~~

• It doesn’t isn’t finished yet.

  • because, in this case, “finished” is adjective

• I started to go to the gym.

• Long time ago. (more natural than “long years ago”)

• I didn’t finish the last section.

• We can’t proceed to the next step

• busy in meeting

• By tomorrow evening.

  • “By tomorrow night” is unnatural

• for a long time

• suffocate v.s. choke

• I’m working from home

• I try to be efficient.

  • NG: I try to process efficient. Because efficient is adjective.
  • NG: I try to process efficiently. Because “process” needs objective.
  • OK: I try to process all documents efficiently.

• I couldn’t read all documents.

• I’ll take a bath for a long time.

• They’ll determine where they can open a shop.

  • NG: Where they can open a shop.
    • Sounds like asking question.
  • NG: The goal of this discussion is where they can open a shop.

• We’ll book a hotel room.

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