Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Focus on speaking topics – grammar + vocabulary upgrade.

Vocabulary

we changed the plan – we had a change of plans / we took a raincheck 

major in the summer time – mainly in the summer
Apple is a major tech company in the world 

meteor shower / shooting star / comet / asteroid 

a good omen – sth that shows good luck

you get a raise

Grammar

the first highest mountain – the highest mountain 

you have not enough – you don’t have enough money

go outside to have the lunch – go outside to have lunch

do you think it’s changing much? – yes it’s changing a lot

the government not allow (the government is not allowed) – they can’t do sth
the government don’t allow – they say we can’t do sth

Conjunction usage of and / also 
and – use in the middle
also – use at the start
eg. I want to go to the park, and she also wants to go there (too)
eg2. I have many friends. Also, they are their own friends.

because = as / since / due to the fact that
because of = due to

Pronunciation

meteor shower – mee tee yer  shao wer

habit – not “happy” – “ha behht”

For me, 2020 is a disorderly and unimaginable year, you don’t know what will happen next minute, and it effected my personal plans including travel and work. My previous travel plans in 2020 were South America and Antarctica, now because of the covid19, all the countries are locked down, so I only can postpone my plan, however I still keep positive thinking, and try to do more research to support my plan. Antarctica is my first priority as it is my dream place with different landscape and climate, also I want to float on the ice and say hi to the penguin. As we know, the earth is getting warmer and warmer because the environment is being destroyed，maybe one day Antarctica will disappear，so I give myself 2 task when I be there, the first one is: I will shoot videos and take photos, then post on some social medias to show the awesome scenery to the public and remind them if we do not pay attention to environmental protection, all the beautiful sceneries will leave us. and the second one is: Take some challenge and experience something new, for example: take the icebreaker to get through the glacier, stay outside and experience extreme cold weather.

For me, 2020 is a disorderly and unimaginable year, and / as you don’t know what will happen next minute, and it affected my personal plans including travel and work. My previous travel plans in 2020 were South America and Antarctica, but now because of the covid19, all the countries are locked down, so I only can postpone my plan. However I still try to keep thinking positively, and try to do more research to support my plan. Antarctica is my first priority as it is my dream place with different landscape and climate, and also I want to float on the ice and say hi to the penguins. As we know, the earth is getting warmer and warmer because the environment is being destroyed，so / and maybe one day Antarctica will disappear，so I have given myself 2 tasks for when I get / am there. The first one is: I will shoot videos and take photos, and post on some social medias to show the awesome scenery to the public and remind them if we do not pay attention to environmental protection, all the beautiful scenery will leave us. The second one is: Take some challenge / Challenge myself and experience something new, for example: take the icebreaker to get through the glacier, stay outside and experience extreme cold weather.

For me, 2020 is a disorderly and unimaginable year, affecting my personal plans including travel and work and I feel like I don’t know what will happen next minute.