F2F Class Notes (Sonia)[S]

Needs more review

try not to put two nouns together e.g legend novel

correction: novel about a legend

“It was a banned book in fact in Ming Dynasty due to the fighting spirit described in the book, especially the Monkey King‘s actions.”

Correction:In fact, it was banned during the Ming Dynasty…

  • ALWAYS include who is the subject/what is the subject before you put an adjective

Speaking exercise

food culture

My hometown is in the countryside in Jiangsu province, so vegetables came from my father’s field. I remember I always ate vegetables. Only vegetables when I was a child. I think it was due to the money. Last week I talked about food with my daughter and my wife, what was my favourite food. I told them my favourite food is fried rice with egg and noodles with eggs and (qingcai) because when I was children a child I seldom ate fried rice with eggs, and noodles with eggs and qingcai. If we got a guest such as one of my aunt or one of my uncle, when they wanted to left leave my home, my parents always said “have some food” then they would make me some fried rice with eggs or noodles with eggs and qingcai. It was very delicious because I couldn’t eat it.

Vocabulary

cherish(V): to love/ protect/ care about something important to you

e.g fried rice with eggs is a cherished dish for me.

nostalgia(n): thinking about the past

e.g this dish makes me nostalgic(adj)

numerical: involving numbers

kinetic: involving or producing movement

chinese cabbage: qingcai

Grammar

“Last week I talked about food with my daughter and my wife, what was my favourite food.”

sentence order correction: “Last week I told my daughter and wife what was my favourite food”

or “last week i talked about food with my daughter and wife, I told them what my favourite food was”

^*make it clear what your subject is

“wanted to left” correction:”wanted to leave” *use original verb after to

hypothetical:

if/when

e.g when it gets cold remember to wear more clothes