Online Class Notes (Tibo) (S+W)

Homework


Imagine your life in 10 years and write about it.

Today we focused on:

to clean my home and to buy some clothes with my mum

in my vacation it is always 40, it was very hot.

you need to take shower one day many times to take showers.
And I always sweat

in this year is special year for me because I need to prepare the test for post graduate so I cant have travel. Maybe I can; go back with my home if I stay in my school.
I study in my university 4 years and I want to study in another university for my postgraduate.

I guess I need more 4 years.


During the holiday I cleaned my home and bought some clothes with my mum / went shopping with my mum.

in my vacation it was always 40, it was very hot.

you need to have a shower many times a day and I always sweat

This year is a special year for me because I need to prepare the test for post graduate so I can’t travel.I have to stay home

I studied in my university 4 years and I want to study in another university for my postgraduate program.

I guess I need 4 more years. / 4 additional years.

Writing exercise

Four seasons which one is your favourite? I best love autumn because it have suitable temperature and many fruits and it is a good time to travel. As other seasons both have some trait attract me. For spring, I like make rose sauce, in spring is rose bloom time so if I want make rose sauce
I always choose Spring season to buy fresh rose which rose can eat and Spring can make strawberry sauce it good too. For summer, if don’t have air condition I can’t suffer it and I need take shower everyday and dink a lot water but when I stay at grandparent’s home in home grandparents always talk me: don’t drink cold water in summer, still need drink hot water and not long time to use air condition it not good for your healthy it is why I dislike Summer. Winter day is so cold it not good time for make sweet food but it is a good season to make soup, it seem that not too bad.


Four seasons which one is your favourites?
I love autumn best because it has suitable temperatures/ moderate temperatures and many fruits and it is a good time to travel. As other seasons have some traits that attract me.
For spring, I like to make rose sauce, in spring it is rose bloom time / roses bloom in springso if I want make rose sauce

I always choose Spring to buy edible fresh roses and I use them for food and to make a sauce / you need to buy pesticide free roses / organic roses

For summer, if don’t have the air conditioning / an air conditioner (AC)  I can’t live through it / I can’t deal with the heat /and I need take showers everyday and drink a lot water but when I stay at grandparent’s home they always tell me: don’t drink cold water in summer, you still need to drink hot water and (you) must not use the air conditioner for a long time because it not good for your health it is why I dislike Summer. / you should avoid using the air conditioner for a long time…

Winter days are so cold it not a good time to make sweet food but it is a good season to make soup, it seems that is not too bad. / it doesn’t seem too bad.

Vocabulary

to sweat (n/v) : release body water
He started to sweat because it was very hot
My t-shirt was full of sweat after running for 1h.

moderate (adj) : average in intensity
The temperature is moderate

moderately (adv)
We only worked moderately hard

to suffer : experience pain
They take drugs because they don’t want to suffer

I can’t live without the AC
I can’t deal with the heat in summer

organic (adj) 有机的
organic food is more expensive

edible (adj) : which can be safely eaten
Some kids of mushrooms are not edible

inedible (adj) :cannot be eaten
I tried cooking but I burnt the food it was inedible

pesticide (n) 农药 / chemicals
They spray pesticides on the vegetables to kill insects.

mushroom(n)蘑菇
I like black mushrooms.

Grammar

both is only used with 2 subjects
Tom and Jerry are both my friends
I like both winter and summer

Tom, Jerry and Kevin are all my friends

like to do something / like doing something
I like to drink coffee / I like drinking coffee

need to do something
I need to work hard

talking about frequency : frequency / time frame
I run 3 times a week
I travel to Beijing once a month