F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
Mr. Williams
Ms. Liu
I’m an Editor, I edit the copy for
i like American evaluation values
Jesse asked me to tell a story
so I tell him this story
evaluate – judge the value or quality of something
eg: We will evaluate your performance.
eg: They evaluated my work, and it was all good.
Copy – the writing in an AD
Ad – short for advertisement
abbreviation – a short form of the word.
eg: Sth. is the abbreviation for something.
eg: Ad is the abbreviation for advertisement.
contraction – when you put two words together to form one word. Use an Apostrophe ( ‘ ) to do it.
eg: The contraction of DO NOT is don’t.
Can’t – Can not
Wouldn’t – Would not
Shouldn’t – Should not
Wouldnt’ve – Would not have
Haven’t -Have not
smog – smoke and fog, from pollution in the air
eg: L.A. has a lot of smog, but not as much as Beijing.
Grammar
I have ever lived in GZ for 5 years. – I lived in GZ for 5 years.
so I tell him this story – Usually, Always
so I told him this story – the one time that you did this
Simple Present: Usually or Always
I don’t eat anything in the morning.
I usually don’t eat anything.
I eat a sandwich from Starbucks before work.
Simple Past:
I didn’t eat anything yesterday morning.
I ate a sandwich from Starbucks before work. Yesterday /Last week
BOTH:
I usually don’t eat anything in the morning but I ate a sandwich from Starbucks yesterday.
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