Online Class Notes (Ally) [S]

Vocabulary

studying vs. learning

studying: something in school, out of book ie. studying math, studying English

learning: out of school, abilities, ie. swimming, how to bike, how to cook

complicated: not simple, difficult

ie: I don’t like complicated tasks.

overwork: (verb) to work too much

ie: I have been overworking at this company.

desk job: a job where you work sitting at a desk

ie: A desk job is a job where you can work in the office.

free time: time when you can do anything you want

ie: I want to have more free time to go to America.

Grammar

have been living: you started in the past, and are still living …

ie: I have been working in this company for two years.

ie: I have been learning swimming/how to swim for two years.

lived/had been living: you started in the past, and stopped in the past…

ie: I worked in Shandong for one year, but I am working here now.

ie: I had been learning how to swim for two years, but now I started to learn painting.

am living in: happening now

ie: I am living in Shanghai for five years now/today/this week/this year.

ie: I am having an English class now.

a piece of news/a glass of water:

in English, you cannot say “a news” or “a water”, you can only say “a piece of news” or “a glass of water”.

in plural, we say “two pieces of news”, not “two news”.

My name is Chelsea in English, my Chinese name is Qianxin. I studied college in Shanghai. I come from Shandong province, I lived in Shanghai since the college.

Revised: My name is Chelsea in English, my Chinese name is Qianxin. I went to/ study at a college in Shanghai. I come from Shandong province, I have been living in Shanghai since college.

I started to learn from July. My first class is with Jesse. Yesterday I had one class with Li. We talked about to protect animals in the aquarium. Li shared me a news… a website… announce they will not sell tickets to the aquarium. The tickets are to see animals perform in the zoo.

Revised: I started to learn/my classes from July. My first class is with Jesse. Yesterday I had one class with Li. We talked about protecting animals in the aquarium. Li shared with/Li told me a piece of news/a news article… a website… that announced they will not sell tickets to the aquarium/ animal performances. The tickets are to see animals perform in the zoo.

Pronunciation

painting: pronounce “PAIN” with the “A” sound, not “PEN-TING”