F2F Class Notes 27th March (Celeste) [S/W]***

Homework

Review the edited story below and read it in your next class as a warm-up. Also, write a short story about a museum experience you once had.

Next Class: Edit the writing below.

Writing exercise

My perfect job is self-employed , and then will have lot of freedom, which is very good for balance my life and work. I be interested in fashion work , so i wish my work about that. If work make me have many fun, salary is not above all.

Vocabulary

too much / over the top / obnoxious / annoying / unbearable / unacceptable

eg. There was too much singing in the movie. It was over the top, it was obnoxious, it was annoying.

decorate – small changes usually inside

eg. Catherine wants to decorate her living room with white and blue colors.

build/construct – large changes usually outside

eg. We need to build a new office building.

wonder (wun – der) – to think

eg. I wonder what a typical Chinese breakfast is.

wander  – to walk around and observe (all 5 senses)

eg. I want to wander around the streets of Shanghai to experience real Shanghainese culture.

go somewhere and get lost in it – expression meaning to lose yourself (figuratively/literally) so you can rediscover yourself or something

eg. I want to go to the library and get lost in my favorite book.

Speaking exercise

I would like to see this movie its name is Kong Skull Island. Because I’m a fan of this actor not of the story. Because I haven’t watched this movie before, this movie has the series, that’s what I want to see.

I want to buy a ticket with my friend to go to cinema to watch this movie cus it’s 3 digital movie the effects is much better than watch it at home or online.  I don’t know when, maybe this week.

Cus I want to watch this movie on the workday so maybe my friend they don’t have time to watch it with me so I plan to watch it by myself. And after movie I would like to go to a natural museum. It’s a new museum. The nature museum its existed for a long time.

It’s updated… many people recommend it, I want to go to this museum to have a look.

Edited

I would like to watch the movie, Kong Skull Island, because I’m a fan of  Tom Hiddleston or Dousen which is his Chinese name, not of the story. I haven’t watched the other movies in this series, but Tom is the reason why I want to watch it now.

I want to watch this movie in the cinema with my friend.

I want to watch this movie with my friend at the movies.

I want to go to a theater and watch this with my friend.

It’s 3D (three-dimensional) and the effects are much better than watching it at home or online.  I don’t know when I will go to watch it, maybe this week.

I want/plan to watch it during the week/on a work day, but/however, maybe my friends don’t have time to come with me so I plan to watch it by myself. And after the movie I would like to go to Shanghai  Natural History museum.

It’s not a new museum but it moved/changed locations.

It’s updated/renovated/newly built/newly constructed. Many people recommended it to me, I want to explore this museum / I want to wander around this museum / I want to go there for a day and get lost in this museum.