F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [S]***

Homework

Make 1-2 example sentences for the grammar and vocabulary below.

Vocabulary

They wrote some well wishes (to me on my wechat)

They wish me have a good, happy future. – They wish/wished me to have a good, happy future!

Congratulations! -noun
congratulate / congratulating / congratulated (-tid)

When you posted on your wechat that you were leaving, did any of your clients or friends or family send/give you a gift?

crouch / crouching / crouched (-t) down
eg. He crouched down on the floor to pick up the pencil that he dropped.
eg. He crouched down to be eye level with the child.

Speaking exercise

We already had dinner together. Yesterday I have dinner with my friend LFS near Zhongshan Park. We choose a restaurant that is Taipei food. When we had dinner, the waiter get down on the floor… Maybe in Taiwan is a normal thing but in China is weird. My friend and I think maybe they can just stand there and look with us. Don’t need do it.

We already had dinner together. Yesterday I had dinner with my friend at Raffles near Zhongshan Park. We chose a Taipei restaurant. When we had dinner, the waiter got down/crouched down on the floor… Maybe in Taiwan this/it is a normal thing but in mainland China it’s weird. My friend and I thought maybe they could just stand up next us and talk to us. They didn‘t need do that.

Grammar

When will you do sth? – to ask sth about the future
eg. When will you go to Australia? I will go to Australia on the 25th of June/June 25th.
eg. When will you have a baby?

check this website for when grammar:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/question-words/when

that – We use that to refer back to something that has already been spoken or written about
check this website for that grammar:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns/that