F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Be careful about the tense of the verb (past tense / continuous tense (remember to pair it with to be))

I go a big round. This afternoon I go to the, a place that he submit some certifications then you can go Europe. After that I go to my new experience center store and I make a mistake.
We have make the plan.
I didn’t to read the plan because my coworker take charge of this job. I didn’t know which city we will visit.
Actually I want to visit some famous sites. do you know Paris is a fashion city, I think there are many nice stores for shopping. Maybe I will go there in the middle of January. So I plan to do some homework in the earlier of January.
Actually this is my first time to go there, there are no many people to wait so the whole process is very quickly. Almost within 15 minutes finish all. Because my documents have checked by third party agent so every step is smooth. So I just waiting there for feedback. Maybe the staff told me its about 2-3 days.
In past also a third party agent help me to do that.
Many place worth to see. I like Zhejiang province. I like mountain, river. Nature. 
Special local food is my favorite. I just enjoy the natural sites. Depends on we go where. If around the Shanghai we will road travel if for far away the Shanghai place, We didn’t want to waste much time on the transportation so by airplane.
Because Chinese new year is coming so we have a lot of work need to do so if I have time I will close this thing. Actually I want to try everything finished in advance.

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I did a detour. This afternoon I went to the visa center. After that I went to our new experience center store and I made a mistake.
We have made the plan.
Actually we were plan to visit to furniture shoes in the Paris and I didn’t read the plan because my coworker took charge of/was responsible for this job. I don’t know which city we will visit.
Actually I want to visit some famous sites. As you (probably) know Paris is a fashion city, I think there are many nice stores for shopping. Maybe I will go there in the middle of January. So I plan to do some research in the beginning of January.
Actually this is the first time I go there, The whole process was very fast because there were not many people waiting. I finished everything within 15 minutes. A third party agent has checked my documents then every step went smoothly.  So I just waited/I was just waiting there for feedback. The staff told me it may take 2 to 3 days.
In the past a third party agent also helped me to do that.
Many places are worth seeing . I like Zhejiang province. I like mountains, rivers, the nature.
Special local food is my favorite. I just enjoy the natural sites. It depends where we go/It depends on our destination. If it is around Shanghai we will go on a road trip/drive. If it is a place far away from Shanghai, We don’t want to waste much time on the transportation so we chose the plane.
Because Chinese new year is coming so we have a lot of work we need to do so if I have time I will finish/take care of/handle this thing (as soon as possible). Actually I want to try to finish everything  in advance.

Vocabulary

Visa / a document you need to visit a foreign country
I applied for a visa to go Europe
I went to the visa office to get my passport back.

Visa on arrival/ you can get the visa when you land
I don’t need to get a visa now I can get it when I arrive in Thailand.There is a visa on arrival program.

Visa free / you do not need a visa
I can go to Indonesia visa free with my Chinese passport.

E-visa / visa which you can get on the internet
I can get an E-visa to go to India.

to play / used for kids or when talking about games
The kids played in the garden
I played on my iPhone for 2 hours.

To have fun / more appropriate for adults (玩)
We visited the mountain and had fun.
We had fun in Beijing.

pop up store / a store that is opened for a limited time
We opened pop up stores all around the city for a month for promote our new furniture.

Pronunciation

Germany

January

favorite

Grammar

Active form 

Tom opened the door

Passive form (interdiction  / technical manual)

The door was opened (by Tom)
Smoking is forbidden

Continuous form (present continuous / past continuous / ….)

Present continuous (ing) / an action that continues

to be (present tense) + Ving

I am eating dinner.

We are waiting for him to arrive.

Past continuous (ing) / an action that continued for some time but is now over
to be(past tense) + Ving
Yesterday Tom was waiting in the rain for the store to open.
I was eating when Tom opened the door.

maybe vs may(70%sure)/might(30%sure)
Maybe it will rain
It may rain
It might rain but I don’t worry too much

talk in general – use the plural form
I like cats
I often look for paintings

no article (a / the) before a name
I went to a/the hospital yesterday
I went to Huashan hospital yesterday.

I went to a nice restaurant yesterday for dinner.
I went to Cha canteen yesterday for dinner.

depend
It depends, sometimes I like to go swimming, sometimes I like to go running.

depend on someone/something 
The result of the vote depends on you.

Far away vs far away from
He lives farm away.
He lives far away from our house.
Do you live far away from the office/from here?

I often go far away for work.
I often go far away from my hometown for work.