F2F Class Notes (Li)[S]

Past tense

Vocabulary

exercise: some practise tasks/questions

eg. Let’s do an exercise to practise this grammar.

eg. This exercise is very difficult, I need help.

experience: getting knowledge, skill from doing, seeing some things 经验

eg. Do you have any experience living abroad?

eg. She is very experienced in this area.

plastic surgery: 整形

eg. She had plastic surgery on the nose.

eg. Plastic surgery is so common these days so many people are willing to do it.

octopus: 章鱼

live: 生

eg. Live octopus is a local dish in this town.

eg. Do you dare to eat live insects?

past simple 

-talk about completed actions in a definite time

ex. I read a book yesterday.

-when the action definitely took place at a definite time but the time is not given

ex. The train arrived 10 minutes late.

ex. When I arrived, he cooked.

Grammar

past continuous – -ing form/interrupted past actions/time is unspecified

ex. When I finished work, it was getting dark.

-gradual change

ex.It was getting late.

ex. It was getting dark,

-descriptions

ex. I was looking at the mirror and I saw another person staring at me.

ex. When I arrived, he was cooking.

there is/are  vs. it has/they have 

there is/are -singular/plural/哪里有

ex. There is a dog.

ex. There are many people.

It has/they have – 它有/他们有

ex. It has four legs.

ex. They have many toys.

I went to Korea. I had something fish food from the sea. I saw a lot of people that had plastic surgery. I was visiting the chocolate museum with my family. I was looking at the mirror and I saw a girl looking at me at the same time. When I arrived volcano, there is a sea. We order fresh food there is an octopus. We ate it. The octopus legs have suction on my throat. I wanted throw up. The feeling is so weird because there have something in my throat.

Revised: 

I went to Korea. I had some fresh seafood from the sea. I saw a lot of people that had plastic surgery. I was visiting the chocolate museum with my family. I was looking at the mirror and I saw a girl looking at me at the same time. When I arrived at the volcano, there is a sea nearby. We ordered fresh seafood there. We had/ate live octopus. The octopus leg got stuck in my throat. I wanted to throw up. The feeling was so weird because there was something in my throat.

Pronunciation

same – say-me