Demo Class Notes (Kayla – Jesse)

Speaking exercise

Tahiti – honeymoon, italy, france, japan, korea

with my husband 7 years ago i don’t like take a airplane, but spend our total 20 hours, we must take airplane to japan and change the Tahiti for 4 hours. I get up 7 o’clock every day, spend half an hour to get ready for go out. I will clean my table because i want it be clean always.

I went / had a trip / traveled / went on holidays to Tahiti for honeymoon with my husband / hubby / partner / significant other (SO) 7 years ago but / however i really don’t like to take airplanes / I don’t like to fly. It took a total of 20 hours / It took 20 hours, because we must take an airplane to japan and change for (another plane to) Tahiti which takes 4 hours. I get up at 7 o’clock every day, and then spend half an hour to get ready for work / for going out / to go out. I clean my table because i want it to be clean always.

Vocabulary

primary school – xiao xue

bi-lingual – 2 languages in the same school / person
eg. I am bilingual / my son goes to a bilingual kindergarten

turbulence – when the plane goes up and down suddenly
eg. I am scared of turbulence

whatever – anything is ok
however – any way is OK
eg. you can study English however you like

study trip / study tour / study abroad – you xue

tense – shi tai

Grammar

to + verb
for + noun
eg. I come here for English study
eg2. I come here to study English

I have a computer. It is black. = I have a computer which is black.

do – take – no time / every day / always / sometimes / often
did – took – past – which time is important
have done – have taken – past – which time is not important
eg. I go to Japan every year. I have been to Japan 5 times before. I went to Japan last year.