Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

If you have time do some writing using some of the words and grammar from today

review the last 3-4 classes by making more sentences and situations.

In wuhan ,there is a writer who name is fangfang.during the special days of the virus,she has written articles everyday.she’s article pointed ordinary people’s life.for example,the cost of living was expensive and a part of patient hasn’t been treated ,so much more people enjoyed to read it but some people didn’t like it.even she’ articles was not allowed to publish online.

because the quarantine has just finished then I will make an appointment to get a haircut that it is little difficult and I need to wait for few days..my hairdresser who is a Japanese man,we speak chinese in conversation,but apart from a few words,he doesn’t know a lot of Chinese,so we can chat on wechat.

In wuhan ,there is a writer who‘s name is fangfang / who is named (called) Fangfang. During the special days of the virus, she has written / she wrote articles everyday. Her articles pointed ordinary people’s lives. For example,the cost of living was expensive and a part of the patients / some of the patients haven’t been treated, so many people enjoyed to read it but some people didn’t like it. Even her articles were not allowed (passive) to be published (passive) online.

because the quarantine has just finished, I will make an appointment to get a haircut which is a little difficult and / so I need to wait for a few days…my hairdresser, who is a Japanese man and is working in SH, speaks chinese with me in conversation, but apart from a few words, he doesn’t know a lot of Chinese, so we can only chat on wechat.

My old friend Lily, who is a beautiful woman, is living in Shanghai. = My old friend Lily is living in Shanghai and she is beautiful.
I have a friend who is really pretty, and she lives in Shanghai. 

amount
eg. I don’t know the / what amount of time you want to spend
eg2. I don’t know the amount of time (that) I should write down
eg3. I don’t know the amount of salary / money that you should get each month
eg4. I can’t tell you the amount of salary that I get each month

requirement (n) / require (v)
eg. my requirements are that you need to cook every day
eg2. I require that she needs to go to school
eg3. teachers have / the teacher has a lot of requirements = they want us to do many things

standards (n)
eg. teachers have high standards for their students = they want us to do things very well
eg2. This teacher has low standards = they don’t care if we do it well or not
eg3. the parent has high standards for her child = they want their child to be very good

Grammar

I know (that) your name is Tina
I have a thing that is white = just add details, not important if already known or not
I have a thing which white = before, you didn’t know it’s white

I bought an iPhone that is really good = just add details
I bought an iPhone which cost 10,000 RMB = new information

The water was not drunk (passive) = Other people did not drink the water (active)

I want the water to be drunk (passive) = I want other people to drink the water (active)

1 person / 2 people / 3 people = ren shi ke shu de
1 cup of water / 2 cups of water = water shi bu shu de dan shi bei zi shi ke shu de

i first buy this i don’t know what the quality is – yesterday I bought this coffee but I didn’t know what the quality was / when I first bought this, I didn’t know how the coffee would be

Vocabulary

a little = I have some (ji ji de)
little = I don’t have much (bu ji ji de)
a few = I have some (ji ji de)
few = I don’t have many (bu ji ji de)

I don’t have any money / I have no money = yi dian dou mei you
I don’t have any freinds / I have no friends = yi dian dou mei you