F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

my hairdresser all stay in SH no back home.
Before SH is very quiet. It is empty

Maybe this new year it is different.
there are 2 types of people.
First is will go back home need do this
Second sick people stay in the hospital before if family people look after/

If sister or family people stay in the hospital every need to look for different sick and have family people to hospital to look for and they must test every 14 days

they have to do a test every 14 days and now it is 7 days.

when you do heavy lockdown the economy is down it is not good.

now in Shanghai there are 10,000 beds in the suburb.
Then when foreigners come to Shanghai they have to go there can’t go to the hotel.


my hairdresser stays in SH and will not go back home.
Before SH was very quiet during Chinese new year . It was empty

Maybe this new year it will be different.
there are 2 types of people.
First, the people who will go back home and need to do the test
Second , the family of sick people who stay in the hospital  / patients’ family who visit the hospital

If a sister or a  family member stays in the hospital, people who to look after them and they must do a test every 14 days

Before they had to do a test every 14 days but now it is every 7 days.

when you do heavy lockdown the economy goes down / decreases / is hurt it is not good.

now in Shanghai there are 10,000 beds in the suburb.
Then when foreigners come to Shanghai they have to go there can’t go to the hotel.

Vocabulary

negative (adj) 负面的/ 阴性
The test was negative, I am not sick.
Smoking is negative on your health.

positive (adj) 阳性 / 积极的
He has a positive way to work, he always tries to do more things
The test was positive and he was sent to the hospital because he is sick

to look for (v) 找
I am looking for my key

to look after  (v) 照顾
Parents look after their children

choice (n)
You have the choice

to choose (v)
You can choose

abroad (adv) : to other countries
I can’t travel abroad.

to book (v) 预定
I booked a hotel / plane.
I booked a covid test at 3pm.

booking (n)
I showed my booking to the hotel staff

staff (n) people who work somewhere
The staff is very helpful

type (n) 类型
There are 2 types of customers : easy customers and hard customers

to type (v) : write on computer
I type very slowly

typo (n) 写错
I made a typo I wrote Teleiphone instead of telephone

hairdresser (n) 发型师
Tom is a hairdresser

empty (n) 空的
My new house is empty and so is my wallet

Grammar

although  & but 

although Tom is sick, he is happy everyday
Tom is sick but he is happy everyday

although his Chinese is good, we speak in English
His Chinese is good but we speak in English