Online Class Notes (Joe)

Grammar

It’s a Chinese traditional holiday every year.
It’s a traditional Chinese holiday every year.

Most of Chinese people don’t work during this time.
Most Chinese people don’t work during this time.
Most of them don’t work during this time.
Most of the Chinese people don’t work during this time.

I don’t work neither
I don’t work either

We don’t work in the city. We also don’t work in the countries.
We don’t work in the city. We also don’t work in the countryside/country.

There isn’t any works during this time.
There isn’t any work during this time.

People need to take the time to have rest.

Vocabulary

tend (verb) – take care of (usually used with animals and crops)
They tend to their crops in spring

annual (adj) – yearly
The spring festival is an annual event

work (uncountable noun) (what you do at your job)
I have a lot of work to do at my office

works (countable noun) (what artists/writers make)
Her art works are beautiful

countries – more than one country (e.g. China and America)
There are many countries in the world.

countryside – the area outside of the city

the country = countryside (informal usage)

Pronunciation

crops – make sure the /r/ sound is before the /o/ sound