Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

read the diary book and write down the words you don’t know to discuss with teacher in next class. Also: write about the story you read – what happened? Think about your grammar, sentences, tense!

Vocabulary

fingers crossed – I hope it happens – good luck!
eg. fingers crossed it doesn’t rain today! I want to go out!

i did some pushups

every 2 days / once every 2 days – 2 days, once

every 2 months / once every 2 months – 2 months, once

bodyweight exercise – pushups / pullups / situps

Pronunciation

vowel – “vaoo wul”

stomach – yao wei

stretch – la shen
eg. I stretch for a long time after the marathon

Grammar

How long do you study English for?
each class is how long?
answer: 1 hour

How long have you studied English for?
How many months / years / weeks – when did you start these classes?
answer: I have studied for 5 years / I have studied English for 30 years

How long did you study English for?
You studied before, but maybe not now – and at that time in the past, how many weeks / months / years did you spend studying?
answer: I studied English for 7 years at school but I haven’t studied English since then

sunday I will go to my brother home. we didn’t meet about 2 months. my brother wants to see me. Probably we will have lunch and talk about family because his daughter is living in london now, study… we will talk about how to do something in future. My wife and son are in toronto now, my parents in NY now. They have been shanghai 6 months and on the winter, almost they is like living in SH on the winter and autumn, so they will flying to the NY on the spring.

This / On sunday I will go to my brother‘s home because we didn’t meet for about 2 months and / so my brother wants to see me. Probably we will have lunch and talk about family because his daughter is living in london now and is studying in middle school… we will talk about how to do something in the future. My wife and son are living in toronto now, and my parents are living in NY now. Usually they live in shanghai  for 6 months in winter and autumn / fall, because they like living in SH on the winter and autumn, so they will fly to the NY in spring every year.