Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Focused a lot on chinglish vocabulary and expressions, some grammar, and talked about using synonyms for words she repeats or translates from chinese.

Choose some of the words from our speaking correction especially.

Vocabulary

in recent days – recently / these days 

speak – to talk / to communicate
speak up – speak loudly / to speak when others are silent
speak out – protest

my disadvantage is the logic – my weakness is logic 

Grammar

for several times – several times
eg. I have been there 3 times
for + how long
eg. I have class for 1 hour
eg2. I have lived in China for 10 years

he gave me a lot of serious problems what I made – he corrected me on a lot of serious mistakes which I made / he corrected a lot of serious mistakes which I made 

what = the thing (that)
I know what you said / I know what you have eaten

we have rarely time to speak out – we don’t have much of a chance / many opportunities to speak 

we often do this < > we don’t often do this

Starting Point: Hongqiao Railway Station
A: Excuse me, how can I get to Gucun Park?
B:You can take the line 2 towards Pudong airport, and then transfer to Line 7 at JinAn Temple, and get off at Gucun Park.

Starting Point: Hongkou Football Stadium
A: Excuse me, could you tell me how I can get to Zhangjiang High Technology station?
B: You have to take three lines to get there. You can take Line 3 to Baoshan Road, and transfer to line 4 towards Hailun Road, and then get off at ShiJi Ave. and transfer to take Line 2, and then get off at Zhangjiang High Technology.

Starting Point: East Nanjing Road
A: Excuse me, does this line get to JiaoTong University.
B: Yes, you can take Line 10 towards Hangzhou Road and then get off at JiaoTong University. You can take Exit 4 to get to the university.

It’s not a big room. But you can see there is a monitor and keyboard on the desk, and beside it, there is a stereo. The handbag is on the right of the desk and the clothes closet is on the left. There is a pair of shoes under the desk. There are two chairs in the room, one beside the standing lamp and the other is in front of the shelf. The books are on the shelf. On the top of the ceiling, there is a fan and an AC. There are one door and three windows, the curtain is rolled down ,which is in front of the window.

Starting Point: Hongqiao Railway Station
A: Excuse me, how can I get to Gucun Park?
B:You can take the line 2 towards Pudong airport, and then transfer to Line 7 at JinAn Temple, and get off at Gucun Park.

Starting Point: Hongkou Football Stadium
A: Excuse me, could you tell me how I can get to Zhangjiang High Technology station?
B: You have to take three (different) lines to get there / you need to transfer twice to get there. You can take Line 3 to Baoshan Road, and transfer to line 4 towards Hailun Road, and then get off at ShiJi Ave. and transfer to take / transfer to Line 2, and then get off at Zhangjiang High Technology.

Starting Point: East Nanjing Road
A: Excuse me, does this line go to JiaoTong University / can I get to JT Uni on this line? / Can this line get me to JT Uni? 
B: Yes, you can take Line 10 towards Hangzhou Road and then get off at JiaoTong University. You can take Exit 4 to get to the university.

It’s not a big room. But you can see there is a monitor and keyboard on the desk, and beside it, there is a stereo. The handbag is on the right of the desk, with the clothes closet is on the left. There is a pair of shoes under the desk. There are two chairs in the room, one beside the standing lamp and the other is in front of the shelf which has books on it. The books are on every shelf and are quite varied. On the top of the ceiling, there is a fan and an AC. The room has one door and three windows, with a curtain which is rolled down.

several years ago i went to korea and i know this country from tv programs because the country has a huge amount of tv programs and stars and their amusement industry is very strong in the world so i choose this country to pay a visit and when i get to the country it is not the same as I thought because when you see some television you think there are a lot of colorful or very interesting places there but when you get there you can see the city is not as good as SH maybe, you know some houses or buildings are not very fashionable like we thought but there are still many mountains, waters there, you can see a lot of nature scenic spots there. At that time you can see some girls are very fashionable there, maybe they are like plastic surgeon. My tour guide she said to us, include she and her friends, they are willing to do some plastic surgeon and make their face more beautiful, and it make me surprise.

several years ago i went to korea and i know / found out about / learned about / became familiar with this country from tv programs / tv shows / tv dramas / from TV because the country / they have / there are a huge amount of tv programs and stars and their entertainment industry is very strong in the world / they have one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world so i chose this country to pay a visit to / to visit / to travel to / for a trip / for a holiday / to check out / chose to have a look for myself and when i got there it was not the same as I thought because / as / since when you are watching some tv show you think there are a lot of colorful or very interesting places there but when you get there you can see the city / you realise it is not as good as SH maybe, you notice / realise / discover / find some houses or buildings are not as fashionable as we thought but there are still many mountains, and lakes or rivers there, you can see a lot of natural scenic spots / beautiful natural views / beautiful natural things to see there. During that trip I saw some girls who are very fashionable there, maybe they had plastic surgery / maybe they got some work done. My tour guide she said to us, including her and her friends, they are willing to do some plastic surgery and make their facees more beautiful, which was really surprising to me / which really surprised me / which came as a shock to me.