Online Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

Stressful: adj for stress
ie. My life in Spain was very stressful.

work-hour traffic
ie. You should leave early if you want to avoid work-hour traffic.

relocate: move to
ie. Our family relocated to SH.

tutor: teacher (who comes to your home)
ie. She is my personal Chinese tutor.

out of hand/out of control: became uncontrollable
ie. The coronavirus situation got out of hand/out of control.

Grammar

have vs had
I have been looking for a job. (I started to look for a job, and I’m still looking)
I had been looking for a job. (I started to look for a job, but I stopped. *maybe found a job or decided to wait)

another – one more (same kind)
ie. This apple has gone bad. Please give me another.
ie. I bought an English book, and I want another.

the other – specific one, there’s two
ie. I bought this book, but I like the other better.
ie. I don’t like this computer, please let me use the other. (Two computers)

other – general 
ie. Other people feel stressed, but I don’t.

haven’t – tense / didn’t have

Speaking exercise

My name is Elena, and I’m from Columbia. I have lived in Spain for 17 years. Now I’m living here for 4 and 5 years. I’m married and I have one child. I’m not working, my husband working.

My name is Elena, and I’m from Columbia. I lived in Spain for 17 years. Now I’m have been living here for 4 to 5 years. I’m married and I have one child. I’m not working, my husband is working/my husband provides for our family now.

The city give me the feeling relaxed. The city is different to Spain because in Spain, life is a little bit stressing. And here, I feel better than in Spain.
The city gives me a relaxed feeling/makes me feel relaxed. The city is different from Spain because in Spain, life is a little bit stressful/I feel a lot of stress. And here, I feel better than I did in Spain.

Another people work seven to eight pm.
Other people work from seven to eight pm.

I think always need teacher, because some teacher go out, and you can always get some opportunity.
I think we/they always need teachers, because some teachers leave the country/go back to their home countries, and you can always get some opportunity.

I have been studying Chinese for 3 semesters, and then I had a teacher who came home. Since the coronavirus start, she doesn’t come. Maybe around 4 months, I haven’t a Chinese class.
I have been studying Chinese for 3 semesters, and then I had home tutor. Since the coronavirus started/start of the coronavirus, she stopped coming. I haven’t had a Chinese class for maybe around 4 months.

I go back from December. We are for holidays in New Zealand, and I came back January 7th. Then in Chinese New Year, we go back to Spain and we go back to Spain for March 4 or 6th, we come back March 26th. We were in Spain for two times because of the corona virus. We don’t know how strong was it. When we went to Spain, and we see the city didn’t have any controls for coronavirus. And then when we back, we feel safe here. One week after we arrived here, they virus in Spain started. I feel bad to my family because the contact were very strong, very fast. The virus contact is very fast in Spain, I feel bad. Everyday I saw the numbers always increasing, then I told my family how they should be care. I can’t to do nothing more.

I went back in December. We were on holidays in New Zealand, and I came back in January. Then for Chinese New Year, we went back to Spain again, and we came back on March 26th. We were in Spain for two times because of the corona virus. We didn’t know how strong was it. When we went to Spain, and we saw that the city didn’t have any controls for coronavirus. And then when we came back, we felt safe here. One week after we arrived here, the virus in Spain started to get worse. I feel bad for my family because the virus spreads very quickly, especially in Spain. So I feel bad. Everyday I see the numbers increasing/ I see the numbers increasing day by day, then I told my family how they should take care of themselves/that they should be careful. I can’t to do anything more.