Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S / W]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

1. Do you like traveling by car? Why or why not? When was the last time you traveled for more than 2-3 hours by car?

Writing exercise

If you ask me about favorite color, I’ll choose blue. Because I feel relaxed and peaceful when I see ocean which is blue. I was impressed that I had a holiday on the island which is located at east Malaysia. The sea was blue and pure. I was taking a boat and diving with my friends. We saw many kinds of fishes and corals in the blue sea, we had never seen that before. After that, we came back to coast and laid on the beach, we enjoyed blue sky and took a sunbathe. We saw many local kids who played football on the beach, there were a lots of fun. So I really like blue, it gets rid of more stress when I see it

If you ask me about favorite color, I’ll choose blue because I feel relaxed and peaceful when I see the ocean which is blue. I had a holiday on the island which is located in east Malaysia and the sea was really blue and pure which was amazing / and I was really impressed. I took a boat and went diving with my friends and / where we saw many kinds of fish and coral in the blue sea, which we had never seen that before. After that, we came back to the coast and laid on the beach, where we enjoyed the blue sky and took / had a sunbathe / and sunbathed. We saw many local kids who were playing football on the beach, they had a lot of fun / it was a lot of fun. So I really like / I’m really into blue, because it gets rid of my stress when I see it / it lowers my stress when I look at it.

Vocabulary

which – and it / it
eg. I have a phone which is black.

where – and at that place
eg. I went to a bar. At that bar you can buy lots of good drinks. = I went to a bar where you can buy lots of good drinks.

trial and error – to learn by trying things and making mistakes
eg. I taught myself to cook through / by trial and error

tidy < > messy
eg. my room was very messy so I tidied to make it tidy / look nicer

straight / neat – a drink with no ice / other things
eg. I like my whiskey straight / I drink it straight

Speaking exercise

I play with my friends like just have a drink or have a dinner and go to a bar. We play board games, you lose you drink. Last time I went to bar with my friends, last Christmas eve. There are many singer and bands in the club. We just listen to the music and dancing in the dancing pool. My friend is drunk because he drink a lot of alcohol.

I often hang out / I go out with my friends, just like go drinking or have a dinner or go to a bar. We play board games and drinking games. Last time I went to bar with my friends, last Christmas eve. There were many singers and bands in the club / live music club. We just listened to the music and danced on the dance floor. My friend got / was drunk because he drank a lot of alcohol.