F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Use your new words, and  write a short story about: are half marathons difficult? Why do you like racing?

Pronunciation

feel / SMILE / feeel

fill / DONT SMILE / MOUTH CLOSED / SHORT AND FAST / fill

need / MAKE SURE YOU SAY EVERY LETTER  / FINISH THE WORD / NO NI / NEE-DUH

heel /

hill /

people / LA / PEOPLE-LA – THEN SAY IT QUICKLY / PEOPLE

world / GOOD

can’t / QUICK DOWN FAST / FOURTH TONE

something / TONGUE IN BETWEEN TEETH

machinery / MUH-SHEEN-UH-REE

Where do you work and do you like your job?

Yes I like my job because it pays me well more money (qian duo), and it has a good working atmosphere. I have worked here for 3 years. I don’t work with my friends. My friends don’t work in administration – they are teachers, or doctors.  My job is a little difficult (有点困难). I work for a Japanese company that manufactures (制造) and sells machinery (机械) for lifts and cars.

When you are not working, what do you like to do?

I hang out with my friends and I run in the half marathons. I with my friend My friends and I go shopping. We also like to eat special foods.

Vocabulary

race 比赛 (NOUN 名词)/ to race 比赛 (VERB 动词)

e.g. You should come watch Polly’s race.

e.g. Polly is racing today in Shanghai.

atmosphere / 气氛 / AT-MISS-FEAR

to pay / 支付

self / myself / this is me, I / 自己

e.g. I don’t have a husband, I like to be by myself.

“many years ago…” / 许多年前

government / 政府 / GUH-VERN-MINT

e.g. The Chinese government is very strong!

street / 街

e.g. Polly ran down the street.

“everyone watched his videos” / everyone sees watched his videos

Grammar

For videos, for movies, for TV shows, sporting events = I watch

e.g. I watched a movie with Polly.

For everything else = I see or I saw (passive / 被动 / very big, not specific)

e.g. I see/saw Polly today.

e.g. I saw a bird in the sky. I didn’t want to look for a bird. I just saw one. It just happened.

e.g. I saw Polly today. I didn’t know I was going to see her. I was not looking for her. I just saw her.

e.g. I saw a car today.

For everything else (not movies) = I looked at / I look (积极) / not big, it’s very narrow 狭窄 and special

e.g. Polly told me she will study at Smart English today near JingAn Temple. I went there and I looked for her. I was looking for her.

e.g. I looked for one car this car was a big blue car – I saw many cars – but I was looking for only one car.