Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

watch the video i’ll send you and follow the pronunciation for the vowel sounds

Next Class Focus

Correcting writing homework, focusing on using conjunctions to connect ideas. If face to face class, help with AEIOU short and long pronunciation

Pronunciation

AEIOU – short and long pronunciation

Grammar

interested atinterested in

Vocabulary

toilet is blocked

today is really busy / my schedule is really full / my schedule is packed 

I seldom watch tiktok (formal sounding) – I don’t watch tiktok very often (spoken English)
I have little money – I don’t have much money

cracked lips / i got chapped lips
eg. when I was in australia the air was so dry, so I had cracked lips

destressed me / released my stress / my stress just melted away / i felt my stress melting away

relieved – feel ok after some worries / fear
eg. I thought I was getting sick but I was relieved when finally I was OK

I have a chinese stomach – I generally prefer chinese food

she married a french guy / she is married to a french guy

1 storey house – 1 floor house
eg. I live in a 1 storey house

dormitory – student housing on university campuses

I got = bought / received / found it
I have got = I have

Grammar

how to sayhow do you say?
eg. How do you say guo tai hk in English? Cathay Pacific Airlines

Speaking exercise

when I was in the melb i went to many parks because there are many parks in melb, i forget the name like royal park. They were terrific because the air in the park is very fresh and there are many green trees and a lot of flowers. And I feel relaxed when I got into / entered / got to the park. I would have planned to have afternoon tea, in a fancy 5 star hotel, but my schedule is very full / packed. I went to china town to find some delicious food, maybe I got a typical chinese stomach but I also like western food, like pasta. I went shopping in melb, not window shopping, really shopping to pay for many stuffs I bought. I think there are many beautiful dress. I think the dress in the melb is more beautiful than in china, because australia has a lot of fashionable stylists or designers. I think melb is a quiet city that we can slow down to enjoy life.

when I was in the melb i went to many parks because there are many parks in melb, i forget the name, maybe it’s called royal park. They were terrific because the air in the parks was very fresh and there were many green trees and a lot of flowers. And I felt relaxed when I got into / entered / got to the park / my stress just melted away as soon as I got to the park. I would have planned / I was planning to have afternoon tea, in a fancy 5 star hotel, but my schedule was very full / packed. I went to china town to find some good food, because maybe I‘ve got / I have a typical chinese stomach but I also like western food, like pasta. I went shopping in melb, not window shopping, but real shopping that needed me to pay for the things I bought / but I actually bought many things. I think there are many beautiful dresses and I think the dresses in the melb are much more beautiful than the ones / those in china, because australia has a lot of fashionable stylists or designers. I think melb is a quiet city where we can slow down to enjoy life.