F2F Class Notes (Celeste)

Review the questions below and be prepared to do a storytelling exercise in your next class. 

Toys

1. What was your favorite toy when you were a child? (Why?)
2. Do you like toys?
3. Are toys very important to you?
4. What sorts of people like toys?
5. Did your parents give it to you?
6. Do you still have any of your old toys?
7. Can you suggest why some people like to keep a childhood toy?
8. Why do some people like to keep a toy from their childhood?
9. What kind of toys do children like today?
10. If you had a child, what toy would you buy him or her?
11. Do you think toys should be passed on to other kids when these toys areno longer wanted?

The security guard by the road yelled at some people who picnicked and played on the grass by the trees in the garden at the park to get off and leave.

1. Do you often go to a park (or, parks)? (Why?/ Why not?)
2. Who do you usually go there with?
3. When was the last time you went to a park?
4. What do you usually do there?
5. Do you like parks?
6. What do you like most about (going to) a park?
7. Did you go to parks when you were a child? What did you do there?
8. Do you think it’s good to have parks and public gardens in cities? (Why?)
9. Do you think there should be more of them?
10. Do you think you will go to parks more often in the future?

Yes, I often go to parks and I usually go there with Michel and his friends. I remember last May, Michel and I went to a park close by/near/next to Huangpu River. We usually picnic there. I think Michel likes parks more than me so I just follow him. In the end of spring, depending on the weather, if it is good we don’t want to stay in/stay at home. At the park, sometimes we picnic, sometimes we play games, sometimes we lay down on the grass to relax.

When I was a child, there were no parks around my home. When I grew up, (there were) more parks were built around my home. When I was a child, I didn’t go to parks because I needed to study everyday, so I didn’t have free time to go outside.

Yes, I think it’s good to have parks and public gardens in cities because I think people can go there to play games and children can learn about some plants. I think children who live in the city don’t have the/a chance to learn about every plant. There are many plants and flowers and many different trees so if children go to the park or public gardens they can see them.

Yes, I think there should be more of them, because they can make the city have more and more fresh air. If there are many buildings and roads, there will be much more cars, which make (more) pollution.

Yes, I think I will go to parks more often in the future because I want to be in nature and enjoy nature.