Profile Update Class (Nick)

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Next update September 2019

Previous Levels

Listening: 4.25
Speaking: 3.5
Pronunciation: 3.5
Writing: 3.75

Class Notes from today:

What kind of a train trip are you planning through Russia. Why do you want to travel by train? What do you want to see?

Vocabulary

Mascot – an animal or something else that represents a team or group of people
e.g. The Chicago Bulls, the Chicago basketball team, have a bull for their mascot.

Magnetic – something that attracts the attention and pleasant; charming
e.g. If my math teacher had had the magnetic voice of Tom Hiddleston, maybe my math grades would have been better.

Pit – a large seed in some kind of fruit
e.g. Avocados have a large pit in the middle, as do cherries.

Vacation time – time when you don’t have to work

Alcohol – the stuff in wine, beer, etc. that makes you happy and makes your head feel funny 酒
Liquor – an alcoholic drink with more than ~20% alcohol
Wine – 葡萄酒

Grammar

A phone just in – a phone call just came in

I did overtime job these days and I am trying to did more overtime job in the next five months – I did overtime these past few days . . . do

Russia is north China – Russia is north of China / Russia is to the north of China

I can train travel for there – I can take a train there

Can you wait me for a moment? – Can you wait for me for a moment?

One week four time – Every week I go there four times

We have some phone just for old peoples – phone . . . people

We had a holiday this weekend. We had a three holiday this weekend, from Friday to Sunday. This dragon-boat day. I plane to visit my grandparents in my holiday because I haven’t see/seen them for two weeks. They called me lots of time said that they miss me, and my grandmother told me if I go to visit her she will do my favorite food for me. I have lots favorite foods so I am thinking what will she doing. And the next weekend our company will have the team activity. We plane to climb a mountain, but I’ve a little bit don’t want to go, because that day is the father’s day. I want to stay at home, but my boss told me I can have another one day off to spend with my father, but those two days I must go to climb mountain with all my co-workers. And in June, like maybe three or four weeks later, I must go to Hong Kong for three days, for the HPV vaccine. I need to get second shot. I can’t do it in the Mainland too because my age is over than the nation settled, under 25 years old people can have the vaccine in China, but I am 26 so I can’t have the vaccine in the Mainland. I can choose HK, Singapore, or Korea.

We have a holiday this weekend. We have a three-day holiday this weekend, from Friday to Sunday. This is for dragon-boat day. I plan to visit my grandparents in during my / the holiday because I haven’t seen them for two weeks. They called me lots of times and said** that they miss me, and my grandmother told me if I go to visit her she will do make my favorite food for me. I have lots of favorite foods so I am thinking about what will she will make doing. And the next weekend our company will have the a team building activity / team outing. We plan to climb a mountain, but I‘ve a little bit don’t really want to go, because that day is the father’s day. I want to stay at home, but my boss told me I can have another one day off to spend with my father, but because those two days I must go to climb the mountain with all my co-workers. And in June, like maybe three or four weeks later, I must go to Hong Kong for three days, for the to get an HPV vaccine. I need to get the second shot. (Another student is doing the same thing.) I can’t do it in the Mainland too either because I am over the maximum age, my age is over than the nation settled, People under 25 years old people can have get the vaccine in China, but I am 26 so I can’t have get the vaccine in the Mainland. I can choose HK, Singapore, or Korea.

** They called me lots of time to say that they miss me

Pronunciation

Aboard vs. Abroad

Plane vs. Plan

Visit vs. Wisit – “V” is when you put your lower lip against your upper teeth and use your voice; “W” is when you open your lips as you make a sound