Demo Class Notes (Ivy L – Jesse)

Speaking exercise

In 2018 I had a travel with my mother to Russia – it’s a beautiful country, and we had a good time during that day, although it is only 10 days, but it’s very impressive for our memory. I just traveled there with my mother and we ate delicious icecream. The icecream was very cheap, only 5 yuan but it was very delicious and it was recommended by guide. It was said that president xi got a gift from Putin / a carton of icecream, it was just the same brand. I think the icecream was very delicious. The icecream was not only reasonable price and delicious taste, I think it was good in price and quality.

in 2018 I traveled / I had a trip / took a trip / went on holidays to Russia with my mother – it’s a beautiful / stunning / lovely / nice looking / pretty / incredibly pretty country, and we had a good time during those days, although / even though it was only 10 days, but it was very impressive for our memory. I just traveled there with my mother and we ate delicious / tasty / really good icecream / some ice cream which tasted amazing. The icecream was very cheap, only 5 yuan but / however it was very delicious / tasty and it was recommended by tour guide. It was said that president xi got a gift from Putin / a carton of icecream, which was just the same brand. I think the icecream was very delicious / was tasty. The icecream was not only reasonably priced / pretty cheap but also tasted really good / nice, I think it was good in price and quality.

Vocabulary

competitor – another company that you are competing with
eg. one of our competitors left a comment on our dianping

it’s a shame / it’s a pity (formal) / it’s a bummer (casual)
eg. it’s a shame we won’t get to see each other again soon!

refresh – when a website updates
eg. the website refreshes every 15 seconds

bold 
eg. I bolded the words to hightlight

guide (n / v)
eg. the guide helped to show us many interesting places

Grammar

I have a friend who is funny.
I have a friend and he is funny.

I have a cup. It is blue.
I have a cup which is blue.

although I passed the interview by telephone but I think …

Pronunciation

skype – “sk ai p”