Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

Read this: and write about the topic. Use some of the words from it.

There was something wrong with his leg. It burned. But it burned in one spot only. He didn’t know what was wrong. The spot was smaller than a dime. It was on the back of his leg. He picked up a hand mirror. He used the hand mirror to look at the back of his leg. He saw a small lump. He put his finger on the lump. The lump was hard. It wasn’t a soft lump. The lump felt like a small stone. It was like a small stone under his skin. But it was like a small stone that was on fire. It burned. Something was wrong. He needed to see a doctor.

Think about verbs + nouns.
verbs – what time?
nouns – how many?

Writing exercise

James is a founder of food company which is almost bankupt.
He has only little money to run the company.
Maybe his company will be bankupt after 3 months.
James has been think about the new business project recently which is a network program.
He will invite some famous person to talk about some lifestyle topic on the vedio website.
James will need new partner and more money to support the new business project.
He always talking about his idea with his many friends.He hope his friends will help him.

James is a founder of a (fast) food company which is almost bankrupt.
He has only a little money to run the company.
Maybe his company will be bankrupt after 3 months.
James has been thinking about the new business project recently which is a network program.
He will invite some famous person each time to talk about some lifestyle topics on the video websites.
James will need new partners / will need at least 1 partner and more money to support the new business project.
He has been talking / he always talks about his idea with his many friends in last week. He hope his friends will help him.

I have been doing it – present, already, continuous
I have done it – present already
I am doing – present continous

Pronunciation

network – nehhht werrk

invite – in vaiiiit – EYE in the middle
event – e vehnt

stomach – wei – “stuh muck” 

disappear – dis sa PEER 

Vocabulary

income stream – a way of making money
eg. I am trying to create a new income stream

gain – de dao
eg. I am gaining weight because I have been eating too much
eg2. I gained a new friend this week

belly – du zi
eg. my belly is really big

stomach – yao wei

exercise / work out
eg. I do exercise every day

all the body is very pain all of your body hurts / i have so much pain in my whole body / i have pain all over my body
eg. I hurt my leg last year but it doesn’t hurt now

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

The Gold coast tourism office invited me there

Reading

Kevin wanted to lose weight. He was getting fat. His stomach was getting bigger. He was gaining weight. He was gaining one pound every week. He had to buy new pants. He didn’t fit into his old pants. He couldn’t see his feet anymore. When he looked down, all he could see was his big fat belly. He wanted his belly to disappear. How could he do that? How could he lose weight? What could he do? He talked to his wife. She told him to stop eating candy. She told him to stop eating cake. She told him to walk up and down the big hill every day.