Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

sushi – shou si

different styles of food – food from different countries / places

foreigner people – foreigners
eg. there are more foreigners in Beijing than Shanghai

Grammar

china restaurant – Chinese restaurant

2 weeks before – 2 weeks ago

I am in front of you
Before class I study my notes

I am 2 meters in front of you
5 minutes before class I study my notes

I went to Beijing it’s a traveling and it’s a really short time – I went to Beijing to travel and it was a really short trip

talking about time: minutes first, what hour is the closest?
half past 2 = 2:30
10 to 2 = 1:50
10 past 1 = 1:10

on the way – time
she got stuck – point
in a traffic jam – 介词
for 16 hours – 介词

AND – 连词

at the same time – time
it rained and snowed – point

Where to play this May Day holiday? I haven’t arranged yet.
Now Chinese people go out to play when they have holidays, whether in China or abroad.
So staying at home may be the best choice.
My friend drove back home for the New Year and stayed 16 hours on the way and same times rained and snowed. they couldn’t go to the nearest place to stay in the hotel halfway. Finally, my friend and her children came back by train and her husband drove back by himself.
It was a terrible experience.

Where to go / what to do this May Day holiday? I haven’t arranged it / the plan yet.
Now Chinese people travel when they have holidays, whether in China or abroad, so staying at home may be the best choice.
My friend drove back home for the New Year and on the way she got stuck in a traffic jam for 16 hours and at the same time it rained and snowed. They couldn’t go to the nearest place to stay in the hotel halfway because they were stuck in traffic. Finally, my friend and her children came back by train and her husband drove back by himself. It was a terrible experience.

Simple short sentences

My friend drove back home. She drove home because it was new years. She stayed on the road. She did it for 16 hours. At the same time it rained. It also snowed. They wanted to stay in a hotel. They couldn’t go to a place nearby.