F2F Class Notes 3/13 (Kyle) (S)

Smart English 3 / 13 Speaking:

(Corrected Version)

There is story in China. Many years ago, maybe ten years, I don’t exactly remember when or where. A young man saw an old woman passed out on/by the road and he helped her to get up and he took her to the hospital. When the old woman’s children arrived to the hospital, they thought the young man had hurt the old woman and after that many, many old people began to deal like that. In China, this is considered an evil practice. Sometimes we are kind but also afraid to help others. The young man paid for the accident. He was engaged in a lawsuit with her. The old woman and her children won the lawsuit. When I am walking and I see an old man approach me, I will go to the other side of the street. There is some risk in doing this and still today are the many kind and loving older people in China.  

I asked myself if I Should 我应该 help him. Nobody helped him in the first minute. Then I and two others approached.

Grammar Point —->  Had – to refer back to the past tense, to talk about an EARLIER event, “before before”

Vocabulary:

a park – gong yuan

I saw something bad –  I witnessed something unfortunate  

I passed by the event and just came to my class.

The people were ________ —-> The three young men assisted him to have a seat.

Polite, or Well-Mannered

He was passed out from too much drinking  – 

Context =when or where- the time and place / environment

On / by- Finding things. Giving directions to a place. Describe the environment.

Example. It’s on the table. Its on the computer vs. It’s by the computer. The park is by the Jing An Temple. The Temple is on top of the Supermarket.

This area 区域 , the neighborhood 邻里, this environment 环境 

Past tense- 过去式– sounds exactly like Passed