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

Read all of the stories from this week 2-3 times. Be prepared to retell them in your next class.

Vocabulary

Q: How was your morning?
A: sleep. / This morning I got up later because I had a lazy sleep. – This morning I got up late / This morning I got up later than usual because I slept in. 

sleep / sleeping / slept / will sleep in – to wake up later than usual, usually without an alarm
eg. Most people like to sleep in on the weekends.

I woke up without using my alarm clock. I woke up naturally. 

Write a short story about where and when you met your husband and try to use: where, which, they, always, never, actually, normally, and usually.

25 years ago I met my husband at a dinner which is our first met. My friend and his friend was a couple. I joined with my friends at dinner where they introduced him to me know. Since then we almost everyday together. Everyday he always call me. He normally drove me home. We never separate one day before we got married. We usually solve every problem together. Actually still now we don’t belive we know each other too many years.

Edited

25 years ago in Shanghai I met my husband at a dinner (which is) where we first met / which is where our love story began. Actually, my friend and his friend were dating.  I joined my friend at dinner where she introduced him to me/me to him.

They split up after one month. / They broke up after one month. 

We never separated once before we got married. He always called me and he normally drove me home from my office/from work.

Since then we have been together almost everyday. We usually solve every problem together. Actually we still don’t believe we have known each other for 25 years.

Pronunciation

separated ( se – puh – rei – tid )

once ( wuh nsss )

together ( 2 – geh – ther )

known ( NO nn )