Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Focus: sentences (use conjunctions for every 2 ideas), verbs (what time?), nouns (how many?)

Last year, when the spring sfestival was coming, I took my wife to shopping mall and wanted to buy some new clothes, shoes ,food and so on.We had great time, I always go shopping mall 2 times a week at least when I was in China.
I remembered we went to shopping mall in the afternoon and there are a lot of people there, so I almost can’t found parking lot, then I found it for a long time, we finally arrived and we walked around there. At first, we had to buy some clothes and shoes, I like GUCCI brand which has a lot of shoes and bags, so I and my wife bought a pair of shoes and a bag each. After that,we went to the store of VERRI brand to buy some clothes, I often bought clothes of this brand once a month at least when I was in China, so I bought some clothes there, my wife like wearing skirt, So she bought some skirt by herself. We also bought many clothes for our kids in the shopping mall.
We were in a shopping mall for a long time, so we had dinner there and we choosed a favorite restaurant then we had many delicious food and we had a great time. After that we went to the supermarket to buy some food. I remembered we bought a lot of things and we very tired in that day.

Last year, when the spring festival was coming / Last year just before spring festival, I took my wife to a shopping mall and wanted to buy some new clothes, shoes ,food and so on, which was really fun / and we had a great time. I always went to shopping malls 2 times / twice a week at least when I was in China.
I remember we went to a shopping mall in the afternoon and there were a lot of people there, so I almost couldn’t find parking lot, but then I finally found it. We went into the mall and we walked around there. At first, we had to buy some clothes and shoes, and I like GUCCI brand which has a lot of shoes and bags, so my wife and I / me and my wife bought a pair of shoes and a bag each. After that, we went to the store of VERRI brand to buy some clothes, and I often bought clothes there / of this brand once a month at least when I was in China, so I bought some clothes there. Wy wife likes wearing skirts, so she bought some skirts by herself for herself. We also bought many clothes for our kids in the shopping mall.
We were in a shopping mall for a long time, so we had dinner there and we chose one of our favorite restaurants. Then, we had a lot of delicious food and we had a great time. After that we went to the supermarket to buy some food. I remember we bought a lot of things and we were very tired in that day.

Vocabulary

I couldn’t fall asleep until 3AM
I didn’t know that until yesterday = I learned it yesterday

I fell asleep at 3AM

your situation is the same as mine / we are in the same situation – qing kuang
eg. I live in a foreign country, and so does Steve – so we are in the same situation at the moment

what a pity (formal) / what a shame (casual) / I’m sorry to hear that (warm)

just before the finish = I am just about to finish
eg. I will review your notes just before we finish class / I will review your notes just before the end of class
eg2. we are just about to finish class

vietnamese (people / language / adj) / vietnam (country) – yue nan

can you correct that? – ni ke yi gai zheng ma?

bottle shop (AU) – liquor store (US)

she worries about my health

Grammar

today = this day
tomorrow = the next day
yesterday = the last day
that day / this day – don’t need “on” 

my almost friends – most of my friends / almost all my friends 

why do you all want to drink every day?

we always about why we can’t fall asleep.
So, why can’t we fall asleep?

if you think about falling asleep, you can’t fall asleep.