F2F Class Notes (Joe)

Grammar

Yesterday I’m stay in home a day
Yesterday I stayed at home all day

Pronunciation

read (past tense) sounds like the color ‘red’.

Called – round mouth – [kɔːl]

Cold – not as round as ‘called’ – kəʊld

Breeze – end with /z/ sound not /th/ sound

Pizza – peet sa

Vocabulary

Shoot the breeze = Chew the fat  = Make small talk
I called my friend and we shot the breeze
I called my friend and we chewed the fat

one night stand – sleeping together only for one night
Some guys just want to have a one night stand

STD – sexually transmitted disease
Some people have STDs

Grammar

• How about – if the topic was already talked about
  A: How are you?
  B: I’m fine. How about you?
• How about – I think something is strange/unusual
  How about this weather?

How many dogs you are?
How many dogs do you have?

You like dogs?
Do you like dogs?

Every morning you went to the park with your dogs?
Do you go to the park with your dogs every morning?

Do you like eat pizza?
Do you like + noun (Do you like pizza?)
Do you like + verb + ing (Do you like eating pizza?)
Do you like + to + verb (Do you like to eat pizza?)

What the place Shanghai your favorite like?
What is your favorite place in Shanghai?

Some foreigner is bad
Some foreigners are bad

People should be responsible for themselves
People should take responsibility for themselves
People should be responsible

Write about the topic of foreigners in Shanghai