F2F Class Notes (Jacob)

Homework

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Vocabulary

Allergies – to have bad health because of something 过敏
eg. I have allergies from flowers。I am allergic to flowers

Air – 空气

Reputation – what people have heard and know about you/a company
eg. My company had a good reputation in the finance industry.

Perks – Extra things you get at work (other then salary)
eg. Health insurance, free drinks, pool table, free food, bonus, parties
eg. You should ask in a job interview what perks are offered.

Insurance – 保险
eg. Insurance protects us from the unknown/unexpected.


Speaking exercise

Q & A: 

Favorite season: My favorite season is summer time. Because I don’t have allergies in the summer.

Travel: I like to travel to beaches & beautiful cities. For example Japan, Singapore, Thailand.

Food: My favorites food is Japanese. I like sushi and ramen.
I like sweet, a little spicy, but not salty or sour food.

I want to travel to Europe and Tokyo.  I want to visit Paris & Lyon.


Sentence Builder 

  1. a / homework / lot / of / I / have – I have a lot of home work
  2. a / movie / see / went / last / I / to / night – I went to see a movie last night
  3. food / I / go / tonight / eat / will/ restaurant / at / American / an / to – I will go to eat food at an American restaurant tonight
  4. go / class / I / after / I / would / finish / home / will – I will go home after I finish class
  5. I / hours / will / study / this / for / while / evening / two – I will study for two hours this evening.
  6. work / don’t / to / I / tomorrow / go / need / a / to – I don’t need to go to work tomorrow

I want to visit a new country every year. If I was rich, I would go/leave/travel/visit now and get on an airplane.