Online Class Notes (Li) [S]

Today we focused on:

Correcting grammar and focusing on using similar phrases to help with expressing and variety

Vocabulary

go to bed late = stay up late 

sparring: to practice fighting with another person

decade: more than 10 years

eg. I have been working for more than a decade

genre: category used to differentiate books, movies and films

eg. What genre do you like?

Pronunciation

genre: john-re

Grammar

use ‘on’ for days 

eg. On Sundays

you think that the first of three albums are my favourite

I think the music is diversified more diverse 

I think/I believe/I feel/It seems to me that….

Speaking exercise

I have talked about music with another person. We talked abut a singer called Jay Chou. He released a song called “Last Night”. It was released on QQ music. It has been shared among my friends on WeChat’s circle. I also bought the song and I shared it with my client. We are all fans of him. It has been a long time…he released a new song. All of his fans are expecting his creations. When he released a new song last night, many fans went to the platform very quickly. It has achieved many new records of buying digital albums on the QQ music platforms. As I know, the song has been sold for more than, 10 million times. The price is not very expensive, it is only three yuan.

Revised: 

I have talked about music with another person. We talked about/(or) spoke of a singer called Jay Chou. He released a song called “Last Night”. It was released on QQ music. It has been shared among my friends on WeChat’s circle. I also bought the song and I shared it with my client. We are all fans of him/Jay Chou. It has been a long time since he released a new song. All of his fans are expecting his new work/artwork. When he released a new song last night, many fans went to the platform very quickly. It has achieved many new records of buying digital albums on QQ. I believe, the song has been sold for more than, 10 million times. The price is not very expensive, it is only three yuan.

I think that new singers are more international. I think that the style and words are more international. I think that this situation is very different from before, like ten years ago. I think some genre just like hip-hop is very popular among young people nowadays. When I was a student hip-hop is not popular, now it has been mainstream.

Revised:

I think that new singers are more internationally appealing. I think/I believe/It seems to me that that the style and words are more international. I think that this situation is very different from ten years ago. I think some genres just like hip-hop are very popular among young people nowadays these days. When I was a student hip-hop was not popular, now it is mainstream.