F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

focused a lot on grammar and logic for English sentences

my parents and i without traveling for a long time so i bring with them to dalian. because dalian has so much seafood at this season so it’s a good time to there to have a holiday and the weather was very fine. 10 years ago i went to dalian with my friend at christmas day, it’s a very cold day. we all have a few holiday and we want to use it. They felt dalian is a beautiful city and the city is very cleaning. The sea is blue and cleaning. Hot time no season. Because the July and August stop to catch the fish.

my parents and I hadn’t traveled for a long time so i took them to dalian because dalian has so much seafood at that season so it was a good time to travel there to have a holiday and the weather was fine / very good. 10 years ago i went to dalian with my friend on christmas day / during christmas, it was a very cold day. we all had a few days of annual leave and we wanted to use them. They felt dalian is a beautiful city and the city is very clean. The sea is blue and clean. In July and August, there isn’t any seafood. Because in July and August they stop catching the fish.

Grammar

Why do you come here?
I come here to study English

what time are you talking about? 
past + travel – mei you zuo guo = I hadn’t traveled
now + travel – mei you zuo guo = I haven’t traveled
past + travel + specific time = traveled

it takes 30 mins for me to get to work
it is easy to study English with Jesse
it is hot today in Shanghai

there is a cup on the table
there are many people in China
there are so many people at that restaurant during the day
there aren’t many cars on the road in Sydney

I have been to Japan < > I haven’t been to the US

I have a phone < > I don’t have much money

Vocabulary

take sth for granted – you don’t think it’s special because you’re used to it / you think it’s normal
eg. I took clean water for granted, but then I moved to Shanghai where you have to buy clean water.