Demo Class Notes (Yara S – Jesse)

Homework

Write about what you did this weekend. Tell me everything from the morning to evening – make longer sentences using conjunctions (lian ci) and prepositions (jie ci).

Speaking exercise

at 7 AM, then I take subway to my office about 8AM. I eat a cup of milk and some bread for my breakfast. Just so so. First my time is very short, I don’t have free time to buy some delicious food, so I just eat this. I prepare some PPTs for my meeting, then I had a meeting with my manager and my colleague. I out of office at 12 o’clock, eat lunch downstairs of my office.

I got up at 7 AM, then I took subway to my office at about 8AM. I ate a cup of milk and some bread for my breakfast. I thought it was just so so. I ate this because, first my time is very short / limited / I didn’t have much time, second I didn’t have free time to buy some delicious food, so I just ate this. I prepared some PPTs for my meeting, then I had a meeting with my manager and my colleagues. I left my office at 12 o’clock / midday to eat lunch downstairs (of my office) / from my office

I got up at 7 AM, then I took subway to my office / to work at about / around / roughly 8AM. I had a cup of milk and some bread for my breakfast. I thought / felt it was just so so / not bad / just OK. I ate this because / since / as / due to the fact that…

in the past – guo qu shi

I finished my work at about 6 PM and then I crossed the road to study English with my teacher for 1 hour because my English is very poor and / so I want to improve my English level for my work.

Pronunciation

egg / bed / ten

plane / game / name – playyyy

house – aaooo
around – aaooo
now – aaooo

nose / smoke