F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Topics: Simple / Useful daily English
Class Focus: Speaking Exercise (Vocabulary / Grammar) / English Book (daily English)
Homework: Writing (Vocabulary)

Vocabulary

daily / weekly / yearly / hourly – every

crayfish / crawfish / yabbie – xiao long xia – Sorry Luke, actually crayfish and crawfish are both right, and they’re a little different actually… but I’m sure most people wouldn’t know the difference so both should be fine. 

booking – appointment / reservation
eg. I made a booking to see Jesse tonight

yet (a little formal English)
He was here, yet he wasn’t really.

yet – still
I haven’t arrived yet = I still haven’t arrived

separate – fen kai
eg. when you cook an egg you need to separate the egg from the pan

forget it / let it go / nevermind – suan le

look like – only about appearance
seem like / feel like – feeling
is like – act like / feel like
eg. I talked to my friend on the phone and he seemed like he was unhappy / I felt like he was unhappy / he seemed unhappy
eg2. That man is / looks like a baby – he always sucks on his thumb.
eg3. When you wear your hair like that you look like a girl.

by = before or at
eg. please finish the homework by tomorrow afternoon

wear / wore / worn 
tear / tore / torn 

pyjamas / pajamas – shui yi

fun / funny / interesting
fun = makes you happy / excited
funny = makes you laugh
interesting = makes you think

Grammar

add e to the end makes the vowel long
bik
bike = biek
bok
boke
spok
spoke

This morning I got up late because I didn’t sleep well last night. Almost 4 o’clock I haven’t sleep yet. Then I brushed my teeth, it cost me about 3 minutes and then I changed my clothes because I wear the clothes which is for sleeping. After that I went to the subway station. I took line 13 to my office as usual. I listened music on the way / on my way. I find out a fun things – if you turn up the volume of the music then you will feel you just like listen a live show.

This morning I got up late because I didn’t sleep well last night. At / By almost 4 o’clock I hadn’t slept yet. Then I brushed my teeth, it took me about 3 minutes and then I changed my clothes / got changed because I wore the clothes which were for sleeping / the clothes that I wore were for sleeping . After that I went to the subway station and took line 13 to my office as usual. I listened to music on the way / on my way. I find out an interesting thing which is if you turn up the volume of the music then you will feel you just like listen a live show.