F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Reading

Over the past centuries, English has become the dominant world language, mostly because of the British Empire and the rise of the United States as a global political and economic superpower. Many linguists say that Mandarin Chinese will become the new number one language, because it is the mother tongue of over 1 billion people. China is on the verge of becoming a new economic superpower and many international corporations already advise their workers to learn Mandarin.

Speaking exercise

I plan to travel two months later to LA. I will go with my husband. I’ve never been there before.  I’m just preparing to get the American visa. There are a lot of forms to fill in and personal information, even about my parents. There are two destinations, one is LA, the other one is SF. One of my friend will get married there, so we will attending his wedding ceremony. They just held their wedding there, but they don’t work or live there. My friend’s parents don’t know, he didn’t tell them the truth, they know nothing. I went to Europe last year, some suggest the tourist pay the tips for the servers, but when I got there, it’s was not necessary to pay them. We plan to drive from LA to SF, I have never drove abroad before. I have Chinese driver’s license translation.

Revised

I plan to travel to LA two months later. I will go with my husband. I’ve never been there before.  I’m just preparing to get the American visa. There are a lot of forms to fill in and personal informations are required, even informations about my parents. There are two destinations, one is LA, the other one is SF. One of my friend will get married there, so we will be attending/ will attend his wedding ceremony. They are only holding their wedding there, but they don’t work or live there. My friend’s parents don’t know about it, he didn’t tell them the truth, they know nothing. I went to Europe last year, some people suggested that we need to tip pay the tips for the servers, but when I got there, it’s was not necessary to tip them.