Demo Class Notes (Echo/Celeste)

Echo

– will potentially need to speak English at work, needs to build confidence when speaking, review grammar

Speaking exercise

Can you tell me a little about yourself? What are your plans for this weekend? 

I want to practice my English because my job maybe will use the English communication in future I want to stress my English.
After the class I want to shopping at Shanghai around of the Jing’an Se. Then I will go back to Qingshan. How about tomorrow? No plan for tomorrow by now.

I want to practice/improve my English because my job will maybe use English in the future so I want to strengthen my speaking and listening skills / conversation skills.

After the class I want to shop/go shopping around Jing’an Temple in Shanghai. I want to buy some clothes for winter. I will eat noodles for lunch. Then I will go back to Kunshan by train. How about tomorrow? I still don’t have a plan for tomorrow. / Until now, I don’t have a plan for tomorrow. 

Vocabulary

strengthen ( streng thin ) v. – to make sth stronger
eg. I want to strengthen my speaking skills.
eg. Many people go to the gym to strengthen their bodies.

congee – 粥
eg. This morning, I ate congee for breakfast.

cheerleader/s 啦啦队 n. – people who cheer at sports games or events

cheer / cheering / cheered / will cheer v. – to make loud happy noises to support a team or a player
eg. The boys on the football team cheered on their teammates at the football game.
eg. The wife cheered on her husband at his basketball game.
eg. The students cheered at their graduation.
eg. Her friends cheered for her when she got her diploma at graduation.

imitate / imitating / imitated / will imitate v. – to do what you see
eg. The baby imitated her mother’s dancing.
eg. I imitating your pronunciation.

Grammar

the lunch – we just say “lunch” because we will eat MANY lunches in our life

because I just a little far .. Friday after the work and weekend. – Because I live a little far away from here, I can/want to come on Friday after work and on the weekend. 

Pronunciation

famous ( fei miss )

wouldn’t ( woh dint )

Reading

Two-year-old Cheerleader

https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/two-year-old-cheerleader-level-3/#ycrd2Vs5aR6ZfJWC.99

Two-year-old Zee-shee Garcia became an Internet sensation in her home country of the Philippines after a Facebook post of her cheerleading routine received more than 29,000 views and 433 shares.

The young cheerleader’s parents said that they started to teach her how to balance before she turned one, and they were surprised that how easily she followed instructions. Their talented daughter also watched and imitate videos of her parents’ routines from when they were cheerleaders as students.

The girl has even been featured on national TV, and local politicians invited her to perform at events.

Her parents said that they make the training seem like playing to her, adding that they would not do it if she didn’t enjoy it.

Difficult words: sensation (something popular), routine (when you do things in a certain order), stunt (an action which requires skill), featured (included).

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