F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Vocabulary

Look for vs. Find – 找，找到

Travel Agent – someone who helps other people to plan trips
Trip – to go away from home and come back one time
e.g. Yolanda took a trip to Xiamen.
e.g. Yolanda went on a trip.

一万多 – more than ten thousand

Accent – how you speak a language, how it sounds 口音
e.g. Yolanda has a Jiangxi accent.

Grammar

Subject + Verb + Object + Extra information
主语＋　动词　＋　宾语　＋　时间，跟谁，在哪儿
NOT, like in Chinese:
Subject + Extra information + Verb + Object
Extra information goes at the end!

In, on, at with time: General to specific!
In: year or month or week
On: day or date
At: a time
In 2020 . . . In July . . .
On Tuesday . . . On November 1st . . .
At 5 o’clock . . . at noon . . .

I first came to Shanghai with my friend at 2015. I find a job with my friend. My friend stay at Shanghai one week, and then my friend came back to hometown. Myself stay in Shanghai long time. I ate lunch with my friend at IPM. I wrist hurts because I practice yoga for three classes. I practice yoga too much.

I first came to Shanghai with my friend in 2015. I looked for a job with my friend. My friend stayed in Shanghai for one week, and then my friend went back to our hometown. I stayed in Shanghai for a long time.
I ate lunch with my friend at IPM. My wrist hurts because I practiced yoga for three classes. I practice yoga too much.

Pronunciation

Hungry – hung -gree
Not like “angry”