Online Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

Now I have many things everywhere because we changed the desk but the new desk I don’t know decide yet.

if you are with people who speak Spanish you useful useful and you improve better and better very easy. My friend is French Italian and they start to learn Spanish but they didn’t practice a lot and now with us their group friends is Spanish and she improved a lot. And She sometimes maybe you think she is Spanish and her husband now learns a lot of words and he starts with us to learn Spanish and now he understand and speaks a little bit.
I think it is more easy to practice Spanish.

For how long you need to study Arabic you learn a little bit ?

I went to the university to learn Chinese 1 year and a half and it was really really heavy for me because I do not speak English so sometimes explanations the teacher was in English so I needed to translate Chinese and English to Spanish all the time.
I spent a lot of time to writing every character and now I remember some of them but maybe when I studied maybe I learned 1,000 characters but now I remember half maybe.
And another problem is the practice. I am in China I don’t practice it, I don’t understand why I am always with Spanish people.

I hope to learn more Chinese , I want to have them for good memory. to remember my time as a student

Now I try to do the chain but for every I change the direction the number or letter. S0 it is the same but different.

There is one chef from Columbia but he doesn’t have the visa now and he tried to have a new one but it is difficult now he has a humanity visa

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Now I have many things everywhere / the room is messy because we got rid of / threw away the desk but the new desk I haven’t decided yet.

if you are with people who speak Spanish you get used to it you improve very easily (adv) / it is easy (adj) to improve. My friend is French Italian and they started to learn Spanish but they didn’t practice a lot and now with us in their group of  Spanish friends we speak Spanish and she improved a lot.
Sometimes you may even think she is Spanish and her husband now learns a lot of words and he starts  to learn Spanish with us and now he understands and speaks a little bit. / and now he can use basic Spanish.
I think it is easier to practice Spanish.

How long do you need to study Arabic to learn a little bit ? / how long do you need to study Arabic to understand a simple conversations?

I went to the university to learn Chinese for 1 year and a half and it was really really heavy / difficult for me because I did not speak English well so sometimes explanations of the teacher were in English / because the teacher explained in English so I needed to translate Chinese and English to Spanish all the time.
I spent a lot of time writing every characters and now I remember some of them but when I studied maybe I learned 1,000 characters but now I remember half maybe. / but now I may only remember half.
And another problem is the practice. I am in China but I don’t practice it, I don’t understand why I am always with Spanish people.

Vocabulary

heavy (adj) : for workload = requiring a lot of work / a lot of energy
Retouching a picture is very heavy for the computer so you need a good computer or it will be slow
I have a heavy schedule next week, I will be very busy.

to get used to (v) : became familiar with  / making it a habit
I got used to using Alipay
It took me a while to get used to Chinese food

to remember (v) not forget
I don’t remember my password

memory (n) something you remember / ability to remember
The best memory of my childhood is my trip to Columbia
I don’t have a good memory, I always forget my password

to get rid of (v)  : throw away
I got rid of the TV because it was broken

hope (v/n) : wish for something in the future
I hope (v) that the chef will get his visa
It is my only hope (n)

throw away (v) : for things you don’t want
I threw away the old books

dough (n) : masa
We started by making the dough

Grammar

spend time doing something
I spend a lot of time painting
I spent my holiday taking pictures
I spent 10 hours painting a bear.

using maybe (use before the subject)
Maybe it will rain tomorrow
Maybe Tom will be late to the class
Maybe I will eat

May / might : (between subject and verb)
I may rain tomorrow
Tom may be late to the class

Pronunciation

bear

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