F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [W]

Homework

Write about technology and how it has improved your life and your parents’ lives. What is the most helpful machine/device/technology that you have? What do you do with it? How do you use it?

Vocabulary

go outside – go to the park, walk outside your front door
go out of Shanghai / leave SH / travel outside of SH
go out – to go outside for dinner, to the movies, to brunch, for coffee
eg. Do you want to go out tonight?

departure/s -noun
depart / departing / departed (-tid) – verb

Writing exercise

Write a short story about why you like Sanya. Include your future travel plans.
Focus on writing longer sentences. (which, that, who…)

I am planning to go to Sanya with my parents this year, because Several years ago they told me that Sanya is their most favorite city prefer to go.
Maybe there is a little strange that the people from our hometown especially like Sanya very much. Because we live in the flat area, the ocean is really novel for us. In our imagiation, Sanya must be full of sunshine and blue color . The most attractive thing is that there are so many sea foods and tropical fruits, it is rare in our hometown.
I hope this plan will come to be true this year.

I am planning to go to Sanya with my parents this year because several years ago they told me that Sanya is their most favorite city that they prefer to go to.

My hometown, in Heilongjiang Province, is near Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China. I think most people would like Dalian, however the people from my hometown like Sanya more because it is in the south so it is warmer than Dalian.
Heilongjiang Province is cold and flat so the ocean is a novelty to us./is really novel to us.
In our imagination, Sanya is full of sunshine and the color blue. The most attractive things are that there is a lot seafood and tropical fruits which are rare in our hometown.
My parents need to take a 10 hour train ride to Harbin then a 6 hour plane ride to arrive in Sanya. I will depart from Shanghai and meet them there. I hope this plan will come true this year.