Demo Class Notes (Shirley W – Jesse)

i had a trip with my friends to US last year in October. Because my friend made a plan to go to peru but we have to travel to US first because we didnt have the flight to go straightly from china to peru so we have to go to US first. why my friend made this plan with me because she broke up with her bf. so she think she need some time to just have fun and not think about her bf. i just told her i will go with her together. but one day or 2 days before the trip she told me that her bf want to join us. then we had the trip together to went to US first then the Peru. during the whole trip i was like the third wheel so the trip afterall it was not as entertaining and as funny as i thought so i have to deal with them all the way. they have a very big fight before the trip and they decided to broke up. technically i didn’t enjoy much because i have to witness them to get back together the whole time. so my decision after the trip is i won’t to go to US with this friend again.

i had a trip with my friends to the US last year in October. Because / due to the fact that / since / as my friend made a plan to go to peru but we had to travel to the US first because we didn’t have a direct flight from China to Peru so we had to go to the US first. The reason my friend made this plan with me is that she broke up with her bf. so she thought she needed some time to just have fun and not think about her bf. i just told her i will go with her together. but one day or 2 days before the trip she told me that her bf want to join us. then we had the trip together to went to US first then the Peru. during the whole trip i was like the third wheel so after-all the trip was not as entertaining and as fun as i thought / expected because i had to deal with them the whole time. they had a very big fight before the trip and they decided to break up. actually i didn’t enjoy much because i have to witness them to get back together the whole time. so my decision after the trip is i won’t to go to US with this friend again.

Vocabulary

remember / recite / memorize – bei dan ci

earphones – er ji

bitter sweet – sth that happens that gives you both a good and bad feeling
eg. that is a really bitter sweet memory for me

the – makes sth obvious / specific

funny = makes you laugh / or strange
fun = makes you happy / excited / enjoy yourself

the whole time – from the start to the end of the time
all the way – from the start of the trip to the end of the trip

subtitles – zi mu

Pronunciation

won’t – long “o”
want – short “o”