F2F Class Notes (Cynthia) [S/W]

Speaking exercise


Tell me about the last time you went traveling.

I went to Cambodia last year. I was not very interested in Cambodia but our company chose the place. When I went to Cambodia I thought that their history is really amazing. We went there about 5 days. The first day we were all interested in the different ruins, but the next day I thought the ruins looked like very similar. Too many people went there, so we couldn’t take a photo very well. And I thought the food in Cambodia is very cheap but nice. I liked the smoothies, which you could get on the streets. I liked the street food but some of my colleagues had a stomachache. Our group had sixty people and about twenty people felt not very well when they ate the food. So if you want to try the street food you should be very healthy and have a strong stomach.The life in Cambodia is not very interesting, because the shops will be closed at about 7 o’clock and there are not many shops on the streets so you can only stay in the hotel and look photos. The last day we went to a famous spot. Some people live on the sea. These people come from another country and they went to Cambodia but the government didn’t admit them to go to the land so they had to stay in the sea. If you go to Cambodia you must go to this place because this is a famous spot in Cambodia.

Tell me about the last time you went traveling.

I went to Cambodia last year. I was not very interested in Cambodia but our company chose the place/destination. When I went to Cambodia I thought that their history is really amazing. We went there about 5 days. The first day we were all interested in the different ruins, but the next day I thought the ruins looked very similar. Too many people went there, so we couldn’t take a decent photo. And I thought the food in Cambodia is very cheap and nice. I liked the smoothies, which you could get by the side streets. I liked the street food but some of my colleagues had stomachache after eating/consuming it. Our group had sixty people and about twenty people felt after they ate the food. So if you want to try the street food you should be very healthy and have a strong stomach.The life in Cambodia is not very interesting/exciting, because the shops closed at about 7 o’clock and there are not many shops on the streets. So we can only stay in the hotel and browse through photos we took earlier. The last day, we went to a famous spot. Some people live on the sea. These people come from another country and they went to Cambodia but the government didn’t allow them to enter to the land so they had to stay in the sea. If you go to Cambodia you must go to this place because this is a famous spot in Cambodia.

Writing exercise

Write about your Disney on Ice experience this coming weekend.

Last weekend, our family went to watch a show about Frozen. Frozen is a famous story created by Disney. In my opinion, Frozen has replaced Snow white or Cinderella, become the most popular story in the Chinese kids’ mind. My daughter loves Frozen, so when I knew a show about Frozen would be performed in Shanghai, I brought the tickets without thinking anymore.
When the big day comes, I’m excited. Actually, I’m more excited then my daughter. We arrived the place early to wait for the opening. And I found a interesting thing, about half the girls chose to wear the Elsa’s dresses so that they looked like little Elsa. The area can accommodate 10,000 people, so I guess there were about 1,000 people wearing the same color dresses that day. It was so funny.
When the performance began, I thought there wasn’t too many new ideas for parents, but it was very attractive for children. The performance lasted about two hours, but my daughter always watched the performance very carefully. And she told me she want to watch the performance once more.

Last weekend, my family and I went to watch a show about Frozen. Frozen is a famous story created by Disney. In my opinion, Frozen has replaced Snow white or Cinderella, becoming the most popular story in the Chinese kids’ mind. My daughter loves Frozen, so when I knew that Frozen would be performing in Shanghai, I bought the tickets without thinking/hesitation.
When the big day comes, I was excited. Actually, I’m more excited than my daughter. We arrived the place early to wait for the gates to open. I manage to discover something interesting, about half the girls chose to wear Elsa’s dresses so that they looked like little Elsa. The area can accommodate about/around 10,000 people, so I guess there were about 1,000 people wearing the same color dresses that day. It was so funny/hilarious.
When the performance began, I thought there wasn’t too many new ideas for parents, but it was very attractive for children. The performance lasted about two hours, but my daughter watched the performance with full concentration. And she told me that she wants to watch the performance once more/again.

Vocabulary

October – 10月
E.g – In October, I will go to Tokyo.