F2F Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

to protect yourself/keep safe

she’s quite/pretty fluent

retail: the business of selling things directly to customers for their own use

imported goods/products

selection: choices of things

eg. The larger stores are able to stock a wider selection of goods.

eg. The pub has a wide selection of beers.

to be into sth: to enjoy doing/liking something

eg. My niece is into drawing so she goes to art class 3 times a week.

eg. You can try out different activities to see what you’re into.

there are a lot of choices/options

gym buddy/ies: friend/friends you go to the gym with

strict: to follow the rules/beliefs carefully 严格

eg. She’s a strict vegetarian so she refuses to eat meat at all cost.

eg. Tom is on a strict diet to lose weight.

bland: to describe taste that is boring 清淡

eg. Salad is too bland for me to eat every day.

eg. The chicken is so bland, you should add more salt.

coke zero – coke without sugar

diet coke – coke with less sugar

syrup: sugar in liquid form

hotpot: 火锅

chilli: 辣椒

chilli oil – with oil

Grammar

the – definite articles/specific nouns/singular/plural

ex. This is a football. The football is blue.

*also for some countries

ex. The United States/The United Kingdom/The Netherlands

a/an – indefinite articles/general nouns/singular/when you introduce an object for the first time

ex. There is a cup here. The cup has water.

*if it’s a general noun in plural then you don’t add any articles

ex. I don’t like pigs.

ex. Bananas are yellow.

simple present tense 

add “s” for 3rd person:

he/she/it + verb (s) 

ex. He comes/She plays/It runs 

present perfect tense 

have + past participle (third tense)  – talk about experiences

I have eaten already –  I ate at a time earlier than now  

Have you ever been to Germany?

A: I have been to Germany

Speaking exercise

I have friends in Aldi, they come from HK. I’m not good at English so I always type with her.

I like going to the gym. Cycling in the gym. I prefer to stay at home because working day is too many to do so it’s tired. I don’t take my computer home. I just leave it at my company.

We will go to the gym together. After we finish the exercise we will have dinner together. Salad is boring, too many vegetables. Sometimes they eat salad without sauce because the sauce has too many calories. Eat some meat or some high calorie can make people happy.

I like sparkling water. It is zero calories.  It’s the same to me. The coca-cola is better. The pepsi is fake.

Spicy food is delicious. I like spicy hot pot. The most spicy food I had is in JX. The fish is too spicy. The red oil and chilli.

Revised: 

I have friends in/working at Aldi and she comes from HK. I’m not good at English so I always text/talk to her on skype.

I like going to the gym. I prefer cycling in the gym. I prefer to stay at home because I have too many things to do on workdays/during the week so I’m tired on weekends. I don’t take my computer home. I just leave it at my company.

We/My gym buddy and I will go to the gym together. After we finish exercising we will have dinner together. Salad is bland, it has too many vegetables. Sometimes they eat salads without sauce because the sauce has too many calories. Eating some meat or some high calorie foods can make people happy.

I like sparkling water. It has zero calories.  It tastes the same for me. Coca-cola is better. Pepsi is fake.

Spicy food is delicious. I like spicy hot pot. The spiciest food I’ve had is in JX. The fish is very spicy. It has chilli oil and chilli.