OpenF2F Class Notes 12th April (Celeste)

Grammar

In Shanghai, we don’t together. – In Shanghai, we don’t need to stay/work/be together.

Have you ever done sth?

Have you ever tried Hey Tea?

Have you ever tried Gong Cha? Yes, I have tried it/Gong Cha.

Have you ever been to the US? No, I haven’t. / No, I have never been there.

Have you ever been to Nanjing? Yes, I have been there. (Yes, I go there once a month.)

Have you ever ridden a horse? Yes, I have ridden a horse.

To do, eat, or drink anything in Shanghai, there’s always a line.

In Shanghai, there’s always a line to do, eat, or drink anything.

There’s always a line in Shanghai to do, eat or drink anything.

Vocabulary

I really hate waiting in line.

I really hate standing in line.

I really hate wasting my time in line.

I hate long lines.

How long is the wait? (Native) = How many minutes until I can buy it?

I don’t want to wait here for a long time.

My baseline is 1 hour. = The longest I will wait is 1 hour. / The maximum I will wait is one hour.

There are some new food’s shop open in Shanghai ,we called them “wang hong “. That mean is popular online .my boss really wanted to buy Heytea yesterday, but the waiter told me i have to wait 2-3 hours at least . Today, she tell me “I want u can follow me to buy Heytea tomorrow” actually I really want to say ” sorry I don’t want to wait so long time , my base line time is an hour”
Why so many people like to do this, it’s really too waste your time .Always have people tell you in China ” You have to follow the long line if you don’t know which restaurant is the best,it’s never be wrong “.

Edited

There are some new food shops open in Shanghai, we call them “wang hong.” That means it’s popular online. My boss really wanted to buy Heytea yesterday, so we went. The waiter told me i have to wait 2-3 hours at least. I didn’t want to wait for that long. So, we left. Today my boss told me “I want to go with me to buy Heytea tomorrow,” actually I really want to tell her ” sorry I don’t want to wait for a long time. The longest time I will wait is an hour”
Why do so many people like to do this? It‘s really a waste of your time. In China, there are always people that tell you ” You have to follow the longest line if you don’t know which restaurant is the best, it’s never wrong.”

Sherry’s Writing

With shared bikes becoming more popular, more and more people like to take short trips by bike. Some motorcycle businesses are more than fifty percent lower than before. Riding bikes increased by eleven percent. It is a good situation for people, bike sharing companies,  the environment and economy. 

Today, when my boss, coworkers/colleagues and I arrived in Shanghai by business car from Chongming, my manager chose to ride a mobike to his home. The distance was over 12km. He wanted to exercise by using/with mobike so, he saved some money instead of going to the gym.

I think it’s a good business, it makes riding bikes popular again. I remember other countries called China a “bike country“ in the 80’s.