Favorite's From Finals

Week one of Final exams is over.. here are some funny/interesting things my students said...

“My mother thinks that being fatter is healthy so she is so happy when I eat a lot”

 

“When you are dating, trust is the most important thing because you cannot be together very much. In marriage, responsibility is the most important thing.”


“If you are new at yoga, you’ll feel a lot of pain- but don’t give up!”

 

“Light music is my favorite because it takes me to paradise”


“The most important ingredient in marriage is harmony and being able to adjust to one another. For example, my mother cannot sleep without my father’s snoring. At first, it would make her upset but now she is adjusted and she needs it in order to sleep.”

 

“In the winter, people become lazy”


“Marriage is different than love. The most important thing in marriage is responsibility”

 

“Time is money- so I think my love language is spending time together”

 

“Music is indispensable to my life. My favorite kind is HipHop because this rhythm is the most beautiful. I think this kind of music expresses freedom.”


“Only a marriage of true love will last. Those of political or social advantage don’t work.”

 

In talking about the 5 love languages: “I don’t need my boyfriend’s sweet talk, he just needs to be sincere”

There were also some very cultural things said....

“In a marriage, you should think more about the other person than yourself. For example, in the winter you should tell him to put more clothes on.” 

(They are always telling people to wear more clothes- it's a sign that you care)

“My father, brother and I have something in common- none of us use our chopsticks correctly”

“My boyfriend and I quarrel about petty things sometimes. For example, he does not like to call me because he says the radiation from the phone makes him unhealthy but I want to talk to him so we argue about this.”

“My mother is a very traditional woman”

“He is very lovely” – referring to her mother!

(They have issues with pronouns because there is just one word for both genders in Chinese. They also tend to use the word "lovely" way too much)

“My father is the best man in the world because he doesn’t drink, smoke or play cards.”

 

“My family is so kindhearted”

(I don't know who taught people here the word "Kindhearted" but they use it way too much)

“They fell in love at first sight, like Jack and Rose”

(Yes.. that IS a reference to Titanic... it's been years but they still love it)

“It’s a pity I have no boyfriend”  “It’s a pity for me”   “O that’s a pity”  “That’s a pity”  “What a pity” “Oh you are pitiful” “What a pity”

(I hate this phrase. It must be a direct translation that someone found one day and it spread like wildfire. The tragic thing is when I accidentally use it)


 

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