F2F Class Notes (JJ)

Vocabulary

Cuisine:菜系,菜肴

Journey 旅程,人生旅途

ex: I wish you good luck on your journey

Staycation: 在自己所住的城市放假,不出远门

ex: For this holiday, I cannot travel so I am staying in Shanghai for my staycation.

Vacation:放假

ex: I usually like to travel when I’m on vacation.

Hostel:民宿

ex: I think hostels are more comfortable than hotels.

Grade: 成绩,年纪

Graduate v. 毕业

ex: My daughter will graduate from college next year.

Undergraduate studies n. 本科

ex: My daughter majors in communications for her undergraduate studies.

Graduate studies n. 本科以上的学术

Recently, lately n. 最近

Ex: Recently, I haven’t travelled anywhere because of Covid.

Earlier n.

Used to ____: 以前常做的事情

Ex: I used to get foot massages every week.

Speaking exercise

Grammar

My daughter stays in America.

I would play the piano for 10 minutes in the morning and half an hour in the evening.

My friend decides where to go for dinner and I just follow.

My daughter studies communication at Penn State University.

She is graduating next year.

I have been there before. I used to go every year.

I would fly to Pennsylvania during my daughter’s summer break. And together we travelled to another city.

Homework

Pick a show and an episode to watch so we can discuss in the next class.