F2F Class Notes (Nicholas) [W]
Next Class Focus
Do exercises practicing words that contain OA and words that end in EL
Writing exercise
Original
Leek pork dumplings
December 22 is the winter solstice.
Having dumplings in this day is a tradition.
1. Chop the pork and mix soy sauce, onion and ginger together.
2. Wash and chop leek.
3. Leek mix with pork.
4. 1 tablespoon of dumpling filling on the dumpling wrapper.
5. Seal tight the dumpling wrapper.
6. Add dumplings into boiling water.
7. When dumplings start floating to the surface, continue boiling.
8. Dumplings fill with air and swollen,they will be ready.
Correction
My Leek Pork Dumpling Recipe
December 22 is the winter solstice; having dumplings on this day is a tradition.
1. Chop the pork and mix soy sauce, onion and ginger together.
2. Wash and chop leek.
3. Mix leek with pork.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of dumpling filling on the dumpling wrapper.
5. Seal tightly the dumpling wrapper. / Seal the dumpling wrapper tight.
6. Add dumplings into boiling water.
7. When the dumplings start floating to the surface, continue boiling.
8. Once the dumplings fill with air and are swollen; they will be ready.
Grammar
If you have one idea, but two sentences you use the semi colon ; .
e.g. It’s the New Years holiday and everyone is celebrating; I like to celebrate by being with my family.
Pronunciation
goal / don’t say GIRL / say GO-L
travel /
Vocabulary
prepare 准备 / to get something ready
e.g. My mother helped prepare for the wedding.
e.g. I prepare dumplings once a year.
e.g. I ate Alice’s cooking that she had prepared for me.
diet 饮食 / changing what you eat, so you can lose weight!
e.g. If I want to lose weight, I will go on a diet or I will start a diet.
e.g. Do you want some chocolate cake? No, I’m on a diet. No, I’m dieting.
physical goals / “body” goals
professional goals / “job” goals
personal goal / goals for myself …my person.
e.g. I want to learn English; it’s my personal goal.
I want to travel overseas /
Are you a motivated person? / 动机
e.g. What are some things that motivate you?
e.g. Money motivates me.
my old is not too young / my age is not too young
Grammar
…will come Shanghai / will come to Shanghai
twice or third times one year / two or three times a year
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