F2F Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

retire: to stop working after you’re 55 or 60 years old

eg. Most people retire when they’re around 60 years old.

gave birth to me/had me

childish – like a child

value: the importance or worth of something for someone æ„义; é‡è§†

eg. In my family, we value time spent together.

eg. The company values hardworking people.

important dates – days which are important

withdraw from – to leave a group/competition etc.

participate – join an event/meeting/competition

ingredients/materials – 食æ

recommend – 推è

eg. What dishes do you recommend here?

basin – 盆

common – easy to find/see almost everywhere

Grammar

you don’t need any prepositions before time expressions 

last week/month/yesterday/today 

ex. I went to work early yesterday.

ex. My family came to see me last week.

Speaking exercise

It was my dad’s birthday on last week. I bring them around but a lot of time we just chill in the hotel. We just find some good restaurant to eat to enjoy the delicious food. Spend a lot of time on wine.

My parents married early and had me. Yes, he much younger, only 5 years old. The boy is so fat right now because my parents always give him healthy food.

If have something important then I will go back home or they will come to SH.

I quit because my training. It’s too tiring and my coach require me to go training 3 times a week. I think it’s too tired and I always cancel the training. He have a little mad so I said just cancel the competition. I need to finish work and then go running every day. I did the first one and then cancel the next one.

Revised: 

It was my dad’s birthday on last week. I brought them around but we just chilled in the hotel most of the time. We just found some good restaurants to eat and enjoy the delicious food. (We) Spent a lot of time on wine.

My parents married early and had me. Yes, he is much younger, only 5 years old. The boy is so fat right now because my parents always give him a lot of healthy food.

If there is an important date then I will go back home or they will come to SH.

I quit because of not going to my training. It’s too tiring and my coach requires me to go training 3 times a week. I think it’s too tired and I always cancel the training/did not show up. He was a little mad so I said I will withdraw from the competition. I need to finish work and then go running every day. I participated in the first one and then I cancelled the next one.