Online Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Correct the speaking paragraphs from Whitney’s last notes.

Vocabulary

Soy Milk – a drink made out of soybeans 豆浆

Railway/Railroad vs. Metro – between cities vs. inside of a city

Sale – one time that you sell something; when a store sells lots of things at cheaper prices
e.g. We complete the sale of the insurance policy.
e.g. I found out through the app that this store was going to have a huge online sale on 12/12.

Find vs. Find out – to figure out where something that you were looking for is (more specific); to learn something you wanted to know (more general), or to learn something unexpectedly, by surprise
e.g. Where is my wallet?? Ah! Here it is! I found it!
e.g. By reading this book, I found out how to fix my bike.
e.g. When I opened the app, I found out that they were going to have a big sale.

Grammar

“People” is for talking about more than one person, so we can’t use it for just one.
— Use “person” instead.

“Leaving” is about not being in a place anymore, and “going” is about the destination.

You can’t use “very” with words of comparison, like “less” or “more.”

I went out on Saturday. When I went out, the weather is ok. It’s not raining or snowing. But, when I arrived at Xujiahui it’s snowing so large. Every people went out the railway station, stopped at the entrance of that station and take out their phone and take pictures. It’s not very normal in Shanghai, especially in December. Sometimes in January it will snowing, but in December it is very less. I tried some clothes and found that if I buy them online on December 12th, it will be cheaper than buy them at the store.

I went out on Saturday. When I went out, the weather was ok. It wasn’t raining or snowing. But, when / by the time I arrived at Xujiahui it was snowing so large very heavily.** As everybody people was leaving the metro station, they stopped at the entrance / exit of that station and took out their phones and to take pictures. It’s not very normal in Shanghai, especially in December. Sometimes in January it will snow, but in December it is much / a lot less common / normal. I tried some clothes on, but I found out that if I buy them online on December 12th, it will be cheaper than buying them at the store.

** It was snowing big, wet flakes.