Demo Class Notes (Carina – Jesse)

Speaking exercise

actually my aunt made this plan, she did a lot of research and find that Perth is the most loneliness city in the world but it has really nice view so we went there and you know, i and my husband married that year so actually it was honeymoon. we saw a pink lake, it was like a heart shape which is amazing. we saw it from lonely planet magazine. I found some uncomfortable in western because my stomach is a Chinese stomach, i like something like noodles, dumplings which is hot, but western food is basically cold.

actually my aunt made this plan / organised this trip / put together this plan / put together the itinerary, she did a lot of research and found / realised / discovered / figured out that Perth is the most lonely / the loneliest city in the world but / however the scenery is lovely / it’s really beautiful so we went there and you know, my husband and I married that year so actually it was a / our honeymoon. we saw a pink lake, which was shaped like a heart / it’s shape was like a heart which was amazing. we saw it from lonely planet magazine. I found that / realised that there are some uncomfortable things in the west because of my Chinese stomach. i like / fond of / I prefer / I’m into / I’m a fan of food / things like noodles, and dumplings which are hot, but western food is basically cold.

Grammar

my English is not very wellmy English is not very good

the year before last yearthe year before last

Vocabulary

figure out a problem
realise a fact / truth

view = a picture from a point / place
scenery = surroundings / environment
eg. I want a room with a view
eg2. I went to a hotel that had lovely scenery all around it

Pronunciation

game
plan
plane
play

thing
the

name
zoo
son

things
something

i went to work too / at 2 – “i went teh work tooo”