F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today’s class in some writing. Remember past tense.

Speaking exercise

we went to chengdu because my friends friends had a wedding there so they invited me to go there actually i don’t like the trip because we spent a lot of time to driving because someone booked a hotel where isn’t nearby the downtown and there are a lot of famous popular hotpot in the centre of the city so if we want to have something good we should spend a lot of time. it’s too tired for me and we took a lot of time to stay with my friends friend, they are polite but i think it’s too boring because i didn’t know the friend and it’s the first time to eat. i dont like tea for long time. so even though i went to chengdu for 5 days and i think i only play 2 days.

we went to chengdu because my friend’s friends had a wedding there so they invited me to go there. actually i didn’t like the / that trip because we spent a lot of time driving / to drive because someone booked a hotel which isn’t near downtown and there are a lot of famous popular hotpots / hotpot places in the centre of the city so if we wanted to have something good we needed to spend a lot of time. it’s too tiring for me and we needed to spend a lot of time to stay with my friend’s friends. they are polite but i think it’s too boring because i didn’t know any of his friends and it was the first time for me to meet them. i dont like drinking tea for a long time. so even though i went to chengdu for 5 days, i think i only enjoyed 2 days.

Grammar

i didn’t have a plan go to chengdu

the = this / that – makes sth more specific
a = any

I went to a cafe
I went to the cafe near my house
I went to the Starbucks near SE

the weather is good

Vocabulary

warm / friendly – re qing

refuse him
I said no / I said I was busy

floss / water floss – ya xian

when you got braces did they pull any of your teeth out?

bored / boring
eg. I am bored because Jesse is a boring teacher

boring
bore
bored
eg. I am boring you / I bore you / I have bored you / You are bored by me 

talking
talk
talked
eg. I am talking to you / I talk to you / I have talked to you / You are talked to by me

to do

I have a computer that / which is black

where = at that place / and in that place
which = and it

near
eg. I have a house near the beach
nearby (near there / here)
eg. the beach is there and my house is nearby.

after
afterwards

before
beforehand
eg. What did you do before class? = What did you do beforehand?

Pronunciation

hurt – “hert
heart – “hart”