F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [S]

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Grammar there/it/the/this & for


Homework

Review the grammar we talked about today.


Vocabulary

Scholarship – a money award for school or studying/education

Excellent – 优秀 very good at something


Grammar

Last time I showed you my picture.

Near the top (85-95)
Score(d) high (75-85%)
Higher in the middle = above average (55-75%)
Lower than the middle = below average (30-45%)
Score(d) low
(20-30%)
Near the bottom
(5-20%)

If I‘m near the top I will get an award/scholarship
My school has a scholarship for smart students. If Im near the top I will get the/that scholarship
My school will give me the Shanghai Government scholarship

he/she/they/them/that/there/it/the/this – Don’t use in the first sentence and you must give them meaning before using who (say who, where, what, etc) You can also add a name like the above example for it to work.

My classmate is fat, because he eats a lot.
he = your classmate; because = the reason hes fat

I have a lot of classmates, they are excellent students.
They = classmates; Excellent = adjective to describe your classmates schoolwork

I gave makeup pictures to my teacher, and she liked them
I had a hotpot party last Friday with my classmates, I had fun with them/I ate a lot of food with them/I talked a lot with them
Them =
classmates

I had a class at 8am that was very difficult
I went to see a movie with my friend, but I didn’t like that movie very much
that movie = the movie I saw with my friend


Pronunciation

average [av-ver-ridge]


Speaking exercise

Original 

My high school classmate came here to visit me. We will go to art museum exhibition. I will let her to see theater in my school. I want to let her to some special restaurant.

Edited

My friend from high school classmate came here to visit me. We will go to an art museum exhibition. I will let take her to see the theater in my school. I want to let bring her to some special restaurant.