Overall I feel more compfortable and confident than yesterday. The class for today is started with SBS 2 , chapter one. it is better with a text book than just free talk without text book. And teacher said: I am not so shy. I am happy to hear that. I am not very nervous today. thanks for teacher's patient.

第一节课，还不太熟悉整个系统的操作和老师的教学方法，对课程也不太熟悉，所以整个课程停顿比较多，感觉听和说都比较费劲，但是总体还是挺有收获的。

Thank you very much, dear Abigail. After your teaching. I overcame my shyness and nervousness when speaking English. Because you are always so kind and encouraging. I promise to keep on learning English and I hope we can continue our lessons in the future. Thank you again! My email: dophin@126.com

Magnify==increase or enlarge in size, volume or significance The microscope magnifies the parasite hundreds of times. womanizer==a man who likes women and has short sexual relationships with them. she said that her boy friend was handsome and wealthy, but he turned out to be a womanizer. Backseat driver --- A passenger in a vehicle (not necessarily in the backseat) who attempts to instruct the driver or criticize his or her driving skills. Every time I’m driving and if my mom is in my car, she becomes a backseat driver.

material wealth == being rich and affluent, having a plentiful supply of material goods and money. We should create spiritual wealth as well as material wealth. materialistic ==concerned only with money and possessions rather than things of the mind. Not all women are such materialistic; we pay more attention to spiritual enjoyment. Nostalgic== nostalgic [n?'st?ld?ik, n?-] unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons If you feel nostalgic about a time in the past, you feel happy when you remember it, and in some ways you wish that things had not changed. This movie brought me back to my childhood years and made me feel quite nostalgic.

I feel good to share stories and ideas.

drudgery===hard boring work jobs and tasks which are boring or unpleasant but which must be done. Study can be drudgery, or it can be enjoyment, it depends on your attitude. better off===be in a better position, especially in financial terms. in a more fortunate or prosperous condition After taking this medicine, his condition is better off.

Sorry Abigail, I'm quite busy these days. so i have to ask for leave. The feed back of Mar. 30 was uncorrect, wasn't it? i remember we talked about issue 10 men and women. happy easter!

How long will you take off from work when the baby is born? I will take off from work for 1 or 3 years when my baby is born. If my parents can help me to take care of my baby, I can go back to work after 1 year maternity leave. If they can’t, I can only stay at home for childrearing for 3 years till my child enter into the nursery. conscripted==enroll sb by force into service in the armed forces; draft In world war II, even many women and teenagers were conscripted into the army. Discrimination==the practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way. Discrimination against female was quiet common In ancient China. Their feet were bound and they weren’t allowed to go outside the home. give up my career I will never give up my career because I have studied and worked in the hospital for about 20 years.

what's shaking? i'm all righy. same old same old. dominant ==more important, strong or noticeable than anything else of the same type. If you could earn more money than your husband, you would be dominant in your family.