F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Homework

Research what is good to do in Serbia. What do you want to do there in October? Be ready to talk about this next class.

Next Class Focus

Do a speaking section.

Vocabulary

Expensive – when you have to pay a lot of money 贵
e.g. It is expensive to travel by plane.
Cheap – when you don’t have to pay a lot of money 便宜
e.g. Walking is very cheap; you don’t have to pay any money at all! It is free!

Sentence – 句子
Conjunction – 连词

Connect – to bring two things together 连接
e.g. I connected my computer to the tv so that the students could see the notes.

Option – one thing that you can choose 选项
e.g. For lunch, we have three options: fish, chicken, or salad

Memorize – to know something without having to read it, to know it without help
Recite – to say something from memory, to practice reading something until you have it memorized, to repeat something many times

Most – more than half; >50% 多数

Research – when you look for more information about something
e.g. Before traveling, you should research fun things to do where you are going.

Grammar

Who did what to whom/what?
e.g. I ate an apple.
e.g. I saw Polly.

When you have two sentences, you can connect 连接 them with a conjunction 连词.

Any – this can be connected many other words to mean that many different options are ok
e.g. I would be happy to travel to any place that I have not been before 我没有去过的地方
e.g. I will go anywhere that is fun.

Speaking exercise

The scenery is beautiful. My friends like there, asked me together go to Serbia. Also Chinese.


The scenery is beautiful. My friends like it there, so asked me together go with them to Serbia. They are also Chinese.

Pronunciation

Most vs. Must – oh vs uh