Online Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

How has your week been?/How is your week?

car dealership: a place that sells cars

not worth it: 不值

eg. Buying a car in SH is not worth it.

eg. You shouldn’t spend too much time on something if it’s not worth it.

petrol/gas – 油

parking fee: 停车费

insurance: 保险

eg. life/health/car/travel insurance

assurance: a promise 保证

eg. She gave me her assurance that she would solve the problem immediately.

car maintenance: work that is done to keep a car in good condition 保养

6000 – six thousand (3 zeros)

10000 – ten thousand (4 zeroes)

160,000 – hundred and sixty thousand (5 zeroes)

handle sth/deal with sth

the price of the car will drop/decrease/depreciate

Grammar

electricty car – electric cars 

Speaking exercise

I’m at the airport and maybe I need 30 minutes to get there. I just passed here. I just see the car because I want to buy the car so I go to the QP and when I came back to JA, I found I need one hour. I chose the airport because it is half of the distance. I call a car and he send me to the XJD and I take the line 2 because the line 2 is more fast than take the car. So when I get the airport, I found it’s 7 o’clock.

When I finished looking at the car I felt don’t want to buy a car. I think it’s not 不值. I need to pay the gas and parking fee. I think that the assurance and the service fee is very expensive. I think if I buy a car in my hometown, it’s worth it, but if I buy it in SH it’s not.

Revised: 

I’m at the airport and it will take me around/approximately 30 minutes to get there. I just passed by. I just went to see the car because I want to buy a car so I went to the QP and when I want to come to JA, I found I need one hour. I chose to stop at the airport because it is in between both places. I called a taxi/Didi and he took me to the XJD. Then, he took me to line 2 because line 2 is faster than the car. So when I got to/arrived at the airport, I found out that it’s 7 o’clock.

When I finished looking at the car I felt that I don’t want to buy it anymore. I think it’s not worth it. I need to pay for the gas and the parking fee. I think that the insurance and the servicing fee is very expensive. If I buy a car in my hometown, it’s worth it, but if I buy it in SH it’s not.

Pronunciation

accent – ack- cent