1. Note the usage of 找 in 我小的时候会趁父母不在的时候，找朋友或是同学来我家玩游戏. The second part literally means “look for friends or classmates to come to my house to play games”.

2. We use the verb 订 with 规定, as seen in 父母都不让我们做很多事情，订了很多规定，所以孩子们就得趁父母不在的时候 做一些平常不可以做的事情.

3. While we’ve taught 自动 before as meaning “automatic”, the meaning in this lesson refers to being self-motivated, which is the opposite of: 被动.

4. Note the use of the sentence pattern in 一方面，一方面 in 一方面能得到乐趣，一方面能认识新朋友.

5. Here is a good expression, that can be used in daily conversation: 说到这个我才想到.