F2F Class Notes (Li)[S]

Homework

Practice writing 10 short sentences with no more than 2 ideas in each sentence. Try to keep you sentences clear and simple.

Vocabulary

often: many times

eg. Reading more often will make you more knowledgeable.

eg. She goes to the gym often because she wants to lose weight.

make up for sth: to take the place of something lost or damaged 补偿,弥补

eg. No amount of money can make up for the loss of someone dear to you.

eg. I worked extra hours to make up for the time I had missed.

give up/ forgo

vocabulary is limited

I don’t understand you/ I don’t get you

obstacle: something that blocks in the way 障碍

eg. There are many obstacles that you’ll encounter in life.

eg. The biggest obstacle in our way was a tree trunk in the road.

Grammar

I need to do study – I need to study

singular/plural  – no s/s

I want to try the classes first.  I will pay to study if it’s good.

I want to try the classes first then I will pay to study if it’s good.

conjunctions – because, and, so, yet, although

I was late today because it was raining.

Speaking exercise

We have distributor in overseas and I feel I cannot talk to them. My grammar is very mixed. For now, I give up the Japanese. Online I try the test. I think grammar and the words is very difficult for me. I must to try the good one then I will pay them money to study. I studied English online 5 years ago so I compared the online and offline. I think the face-to-face is better for me.

Uk, US or Holland, 3 countries is my target. IELTS is not very urgent things in now. I think how to adjust my English grammar and speaking is the very urgent now because the two items makes me work much harder and if I want to change my job, English is the main obstacle.

Revised: 

We have distributors overseas and I feel I cannot talk to/communicate them. My grammar is very mixed up/is a mess. For now, I gave up on Japanese. I tried the test online. I think grammar and vocabulary is very difficult for me. I must try and find a good school then I will pay them money to study/I want to try every school first then I will pay for a good school to study. I studied English online 5 years ago so I compared online and offline classes. I think face-to-face classes are better for me.

Applying to study in the UK, US or Holland are my target/goal. IELTS is not my priority right nowStudying English is very important because if I want to change my job, I need to improve my English.