Demo Class Notes (Christina – Jesse)
Christina
– work with foreigners, oral English is a problem, face to face with foreigners soon, vocabulary a problem, translating from Chinese, writing is better. Needs to get better at self correcting grammar and learn American accent.
推荐课程（每周）/ Your Recommended Course (Weekly)
F2F: 2
WeChat: –
Email: 2
— EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK OR WRITE, THINK OF THIS: —
Speaking exercise
when i go to thailand i have gone to 2 city, when i in the capital i sick, the brain always ache, my head always ache, the whole day when I in the Bangkok, but when i just leave Bangkok to another city, i’m alright. Actually I spend 8 days during my Thailand trips and i only spend 2 days in Bangkok so this 2 days I just went shopping so another 6 days we have just relaxed myself cause we went to the island in Thailand. In this year i just comes to the news about the accident of the boat PP island.
when i went to Thailand i went to 2 cities, when i was in the capital i was sick. my head always ached the whole day when I was in Bangkok, but when i just left Bangkok to go to another city, i was alright. Actually I spent 8 days for my Thailand trip and i only spent 2 days in Bangkok so these 2 days I just went shopping so another 6 days we just relaxed cause we went to one of the island in Thailand. PP island just appeared in the news this year because of the boat accident.
when i went [ took a trip / went on holiday / traveled ] to Thailand i went to 2 cities, when i was in the capital i was sick [ unwell / ill / felt really bad ]. my head always [ constantly / continuously ] ached the whole day when [ as / while ] I was in Bangkok, but [ however ] when i just left Bangkok to go to another city, i was alright. Actually I spent 8 days for my Thailand trip and i only spent 2 days in Bangkok so these 2 days I just went shopping so another 6 days we just relaxed cause [ as / since / due to the fact that ] we went to one of the island in Thailand. PP island just appeared in the news this year because of the boat accident.
Pronunciation
R at the end / middle,
letter
hart = hot
hot = hoht
down – “daooon”
Vocabulary
specific – te ding
eg. When you are telling a story you should try to be more specific so people know what you’re talking about
overtime – jia ban
eg. I need to do overtime tomorrow because we have too much work to do
i met an earthquake – I experienced an earthquake
western countries – countries like the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy…
pros and cons – positives and negatives
eg. there are many pros and cons to every job.
Grammar
the weather is good today
the Starbucks = specific
Starbucks = all
eg. I went to the starbucks near my house yesterday. I really like starbucks coffee
qu
I go
I went
I have been
zou
I leave / I go
I left Shanghai
I have left Shanghai to go to Thailand / I have gone to Thailand
I go to Australia
I have gone to Australia
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