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Next update January 2020

Previous Levels

Listening: 2.5
Speaking: 1.75
Pronunciation: 2.25
Writing: 2
July '19: 8.5
11.5

New levels

Listening: 2.75
Speaking: 2.75
Pronunciation: 3
Writing: 3

Changes to profile:
Topics: + IELTS/TOEFL
Teaching method + (Focus):
Conversation –> Speaking
Homework type + (Focus): None
Amy is considering taking either the TOEFL or the IELTS. To do this she wants to work on her oral English and improve her vocabulary. Consider using the IELTS questions page https://smartyingyu.com/ielts/ to find topics for conversation. Help Amy to find new vocabulary so that she can prepare for a speaking on that topic next class. She finds speaking sections very helpful.

Class Notes from today:

Today we focused on:

Practicing a CET-6 translation question.

Next Class Focus

Finish the writing below and find more replacements for 越来越

As far as (define with examples)

Homework

https://www.prepscholar.com/toefl/blog/toefl-vs-ielts/

Which test would be better for you?

Vocabulary

Sign up – register to do something, or to be part of something 报名
e.g. I need to take the CET-4 before I can take the CET-6.

Museum – 博物馆
Library – 图书馆

Marked – something that is obvious
e.g. I have seen marked improvement in Amy’s spoken English since we started doing IELTS questions and frequent speaking sections.

越来越 – more and more, continuously increasing/improving, consistent
e.g. More and more museums have been opening for free to the public.
e.g. Museums have been continuously increasing the number of free days.
e.g. Museums have been consistently expanding their free programs.

Grammar

I need to join to the CET 6 – sign up for

I think I can’t to pass that – I don’t think (that) I can pass that
— First, put the “not” in front of “think”; move it farther to the front
— When you combine “can” with another verb, then you don’t need to use “to” in between

Free with person – Free to the public
— “With” is about things being together
e.g. I am going with Amy to the store because we don’t have any more rice for porridge.
— Here we want to show “for whom” the museum is opening, and we use “to” for that

Writing exercise

[Translation of this: 近年来,中国越来越多的博物馆免费向公众开放。博物馆展览次数和参观人数都明显增长。在一些广受欢迎的博物馆门前,排长队已很常见。这些博物馆必须采取措施限制参观人数。如今,展览形式越来越多样。一些大型博物馆利用多媒体和虚拟现实等先进技术,使展览更具吸引力。]

Recently China more and more libraries has been free open with person. The number of people to visit libraries had obvious increase. In some of libraries which most people love has a familiar phenomenon that is stand in a long queue. This libraries must to control the number od people. Nowadays exhibition has more and more ways. Some big libraries used multimedia and VR and so on advanced technique. That make exhibition has more attraction.


Recently China’s museums are more and more libraries has been opening to the public for free open with person. The number of people to visiting museums had has obviously increased / has seen a marked increase. In some of libraries which most people love has a familiar phenomenon that is stand in a long queue. This libraries must to control the number of people. Nowadays exhibition has more and more ways. Some big libraries used multimedia and VR and so on advanced technique. That make exhibition has more attraction.

Pronunciation

IELTS – aisle-ts