Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Write about a trip you took when you were backpacking – where did you go? what special / interesting / scary / bad things did you do? Focus: past tense, long sentences using conjunctions (连词)

I have been a tasting party at my friend’s new restaurant in Hangzhou last night. I met many old and new friends at the party. One of them was famous writer Ximin Li. We have known him more than ten years. A new friend is Tiao Ma,who is a folk song singer,I have listening his song from many years ago. We tasted a lot of new Hangzhou style dishes, including steamed fish, grilled crabs and so on. The party finished almost at midnight, we had a lot of chinese liquor, some people might be drunk, but we were very happy.

I went to a tasting party at my friend’s new restaurant in Hangzhou last night and I met many old and new friends at the party. One of them was famous writer Ximin Li. We have known him for more than ten years. A new friend is Tiao Ma,who is a folk song singer, and I listened to his songs / music from many years ago. We tasted a lot of new Hangzhou style dishes, including steamed fish, grilled crab and so on. The party finished at almost midnight, and we had a lot of chinese liquor “lik ker”, some people might have been / have gotten drunk, but we were very happy.

Vocabulary

crab – food
crabs – animal

whatever is OK / anyhing is fine with me 

produce (v) / product (n)
eg. we produce canned soup and we have many different kinds of products

clause – tiao kuan
contract – he tong

cooperation – he zuo

Grammar

I got up at around 10AM

I went / I met / I ate / I drank / I saw / I was – specific past time / the time is important
I have been / I have met / I have eaten … – my situation now, it has already happened, time is not important

which = things
who = people

I listened – just past (VERY CLEAR)
I am listening
I have listened – now, it has already happened for some time (NOT CLEAR)
I have been listening – the same as “i have listened” but, still going now (VERY CLEAR)

just by walk – by foot / on foot / I walked
eg. I went there on foot / I walked there

how to say – how do you say?

Pronunciation

backpacker – “back pack ker” 

when I was young I am a backpacker so i often stay at a hostel. i think almost china, all province. I write many column for magazine and newspaper. About 4 or 5 years ago many person want to start a company, so I’m write a PPT to pitch to find a fund. The company is almost bankrupt, I think I did some bad things, lost too much money. I try my best keep holding the company. I use social media about 10 years ago, I use weibo. China change is very fast, so I can’t …. I think I’m a little bit old.

when I was young I was a backpacker so i often stayed at a hostel. i think I traveled to all provinces of china. I wrote many travel columns for magazines and newspapers at that time. About 4 or 5 years ago many Chinese people wanted to start a company, so I wrote a business plan PPT to pitch to find funds. Now, the company is almost bankrupt, because I think I made some mistakes / made some bad decisions, and lost too much money. I’m trying my best to keep the company afloat / the company running. I used social media about 10 years ago, including weibo. China is changing / always changes / has changed is very fast / quickly, so I can’t adapt / adjust / update my skills / knowledge I think I’m a little bit old.

memorize words – bei dan ci

I go to a cafe. I go to this cafe every day = I go to a cafe which I go to every day.
I have some headphones. I use them every day. = I have some headphones which I use every day.
I have a red pen. I use it every day. = I have a red pen which I use every day.