F2F Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

Continue to be careful about using the past tense(you correct it yourself, be more careful)
Use the correct preposition
Review talking about frequencies (often/rarely/never/always/…)

Talk about your habits (what do you often do? is there any bad habit that you don’t do anymore?)

In this week. My colleagues and I ride motorcycles to shencheng city on Monday to Wednesday.
I feel dangerous. most of the people drive a car on the road but we drove motorcycle we just wear some special clothes or other things to protect your knee, your head.
If I have some free time I will they to ride it from home to company. But as I said I feel it is dangerous so I try to ride it less. This time it’s an invitation. They asked me to join them because in my mind I really don’t like ride motorcycle. I try to ride it very carefully but if you want to solve your relationship with your colleagues sometimes you need to do something to give them a thinking I am a member of the company. They go every month but I just join them very few.

This week. My colleagues and I rode motorcycles to Xuencheng city from Monday to Wednesday.
I felt stressed/worried/concerned (use a feeling/emotion) because riding a motorcycle can be dangerous . People who drive cars are well protected but we drove motorcycles and we just wore some special clothes or other things to protect your knee, your head. / we just wore protective jacket/ knee guards and a helmet
If I have some free time I will ride from home to the company/the office/ I will do my commuting on the motorcycle. But as I said I feel it is dangerous so I try to ride (it) less. This time it was an invitation
(in my mind) I don’t really like riding motorcycles and when I do,I try to ride very carefully.
Sometimes you need to compromise to keep your colleagues happy/ to make them feel you are part of the group/ to have a good relationship with your colleagues.. if you want to solve your relationship (only if there is a problem) . They go every month but I just join them very few times/but I rarely join them/but I don’t often join them/but I almost never join them.

Grammar

prepositions – talking about dates
In (year/month/season) (morning/afternoon)
In 2018 / in August / in Winter/ in the morning / in the afternoon

On ( day/date/event)
On Monday, On January 1st/on Xmas

from …..to ….range of days
From Monday to Friday…
It took us 5 days to go from Shanghai to Xuancheng. We were gone from Monday to Friday.
We had a long trip going to Xuangcheng from Shanghai, we were on the road from Monday to Friday.

At (event during a day)
At lunch / at night
At the meeting

I don’t really like coffee / it’s not my favorite but I can still drink it from time to time
I really don’t like coffee / I hate it

Vocabulary

knee guard/ something you use to protect the knee
I always use knee guards when I ride my motorbike.

helmet / something you use to protect your head
You have to wear a helmet when driving a motorcycle.

to commute / to go from home to work or vice versa.
Everyday I commute using the subway.

to compromise / to find a middle ground /to give in a little
My wife wanted to rent a car to go on holidays but I wanted to take the plane. In the end we compromised, we flew to Shenzhen and we rented a car there.
He didn’t to work in this company but he had been unemployed for too long so he compromised and accepted the offer.

to give in / to do what someone wants
My son is always asking me to buy him a ps4, I gave in for xmas and got one for him.

to solve / to fix (for a problem)
Our company is losing money, we need to solve this problem ASAP (As Soon As Possible)

Abbreviation / a shortened form of a word/sentence
People often use ASAP in emails. It is the abbreviation of As Soon As Possible.