F2F Class Notes 7th July (Harmony)***

Homework:  finish editing and expanding the questions that we left off at.  Bring them in for next class for review!
 

What do you usually do with your friends?

Original:  We always go to the bar on the weekend and sometimes we go to watch movies and have a afternoon tea.  Maybe go shopping.

Edited: We usually go to the bar on the weekend, sometimes we go to the movies, or go for afternoon tea.  Maybe we will go shopping.

• My favorite thing is…..
  • My favorite activity is afternoon tea because I love to talk with my friends.
• I like to go for tea at….
  • We always try a new restaurant for afternoon tea, which makes things exciting and new.
• One time at afternoon tea…..
• I always find out about new restaurants online/app/from friends.

How long have you known your best friend?

Original:  I think 6 years, we met each other in high school.  And he’s a cute boy and very kind.  He always help me a lot when I upset sometimes.  And we always have a lot of fun.

Edited:  I have known him I think for 6 years, we met each other in high school. he’s a cute boy who is very kind.  He always helps me a lot when I am upset, and we normally have a lot of fun.

Usually/generally/normally

• My favorite characteristic of his is…
  • The thing I like most about him is that he is very outgoing, and he laughs all the time.
• We met…
  • For the start we weren’t that close because we are just classmate and after graduated for one year then we just connected with each other. Finally we find we have a lot of same hobbies. – At the beginning we weren’t that close because we were just classmates, one year after we graduated we connected with each other.  Finally, we found we have a lot of the same hobbies./similar intrests/things in common.

When will you see him next?

Original:  Maybe end of this year.

Edited:  I will see him at the end of this year.

• I don’t see him often because…
  • We are not at the same place – We don’t see each other often because we are not living in the same city.
• He lives….
  • He lives in our hometown, which is Urmaqi.
• It is far away?/close?
  • It takes 4 hours to Shanghai – It takes 4 hours by plane to get there./ For him to visit me, it would take him 4 hours by plane to get here.
• I see him ____ many times/ year.
  • I see him usually once per year during spring festival in our hometown.
• We talk___ times per week
  • We talk around 3 times a month on WeChat.

What do you and your best friend usually do together?

Original:  We usually eat a meal and catch up.  And we always talk about makeup and skin care, that’s our same hobby.  We can talk a lot of gossip, and it’s fun.

Edited:  Usually my best friend and I eat a meal and catch up.  We always talk about makeup and skin care because that’s our same hobby.  We also like to gossip which is fun.

• Favorite food that you eat together?
  • Our favorite food is Thai food, so we search all thai food restaurant in our home town – so we try all the Thai food restaurants in our home town.

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Which do you think is better, to have many friends or just a few close friends?

I wish I had a lot of friends, but for now I just got a few friends and just few is okay.  Maybe I can make more new friends.

Are most of your friends from school, or from outside school?

Outside school, we usually met each other in bar.  Friends friends.

** always answer in full sentences—repeat part of the question**