Online Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Chinese history is longer than English history
China has 5,000 years of history but England only has 2,000 years.

I think London is more beautiful than SH.
Because I have lived in SH about 26 years.

I love English movies more than Chinese movies
I love English actors and the actor in king’s man  

I watched South and North on BBC TV in English
It is a love story./ it is a romance

My favorite English classic is Robin Hood.

I watched the Robin Hood movie. It is medieval.
I like history I want to be a historian.
I like English medieval history.
When I was in middle school in our history class , I read history book and the teacher told/taught us about English history
I don’t like teach other people, I just want to research.  I don’t like kids. I want to work in a museum like Shanghai museum.
I like Chinese history less than English history / I like English history more than Chinese history
They both have the same actor

The British museum is bigger than SH museum.
I also like art museums

Vocabulary

group (n) 组合
Coldplay is my favorite group

actor (m) /actress (w)(n) 演员
I like the actor in King’s man

singer (n) 歌手
I like this singer

similar (adj) 相似的
This tv series is similar to Pride and Prejudice
The iPhone 8 looks similar to the iPhone 8s
This is similar to that one / both cups are similar

tv series (n) 电视剧
I like tv series 

season (n) S
Many tv series have 1 season per year

episode (n) (ep)一集
North & South has 4 episodes

genre (n) : kind / type 体裁
My favorite genre is romance

science fiction (sci fi) (n)科幻小说
I don’t like science fiction

fiction (n)虚构的事
Harry Potter is a fiction

medieval (adj) 中世纪的
I like medieval books about England

romance (n)风流韵事
I like books about romance

romantic (adj)
The story is very romantic

classic (n) 经典的
Journey to the west is a Chinese classic

4 Chinese classics :

Journey to the west

The three kingdoms

Water margin

Dream of the red chamber

chamber (n) : big room / bed room (old word)

to adapt (v) 改编  / make a book into a movie
Journey to the west was adapted to many movies

literature (n) 文学
I like English literature

modern (adj) 近代的 当今的 ／ 最新的
I like both medieval movies and modern movies近代的
5G is more modern than 3G 新的

Pronunciation

monk

mouse / rat

mouth

Tate modern

tv series (TV c ries)

Grammar

teach (teach / taught / taught)

tell (tell / told / told)

more than 比。。。多
I like tea more than coffee (tea is n1 & coffee is n2)
I like literature more than math
Tom slept 10h, I slept 8 hours -> Tom slept more than me

less than 比。。。少
I like coffee less than tea (tea is n1 & coffee is n2)
I like math less than literature

using adjectives in comparisons : comparative 比

Short adj(tall/cheap/fast..) -> adj +r/er
tall-> taller
fast-> faster
I run faster than Tom
He is taller than me
China is bigger than England

Long adj (expensive / beautiful / difficult/ interesting) -> more + adj
expensive -> more expensive
beautiful -> more beautiful
interesting -> more interesting

The movie is more interesting than the book
SH is more beautiful in Autumn than in Winter