VIP Class Notes (Alex) (W-S)

Homework

Write about a happy memory 回忆

Vocabulary

shopping mall 商场
eg. 环球港 is a big shopping mall

Speaking exercise

Topic: My trip to Norway

We arrived to Norway, the first day we have some rest and the second day we go to hiking. It has two kilometers long. We saw a waterfall. It is so beautiful. We went behind the waterfall. Then we go down. We have our lunch. We have some potatoes and fish, it was very yummy. The second say we are in Oslo. And the third day we are bergin. The third day we go to Krisdenso, we fished in that city. It’s so happy. We went to fish at 10 o’ clock to 1 hour. I got many fish. Then we had dinner. We had some noodles, it’s so yummy. Then we drink some wine. All in all, we are happy.

Revised

We arrived to Norway, the first day we had some rest and the second day we went hiking. The path was two kilometers long, it was so tiring. We saw a waterfall. It was so beautiful. We went behind the waterfall. Then we went back. We had our lunch. We had some potatoes and fish, it was very yummy. The second day we were in Oslo. And the third day we were in Bergen. The third day we went to Krisdenso (?), we went fishing in that city. We were so happy. We went fishing at 10 o’ clock till 11 o’oclock. I got many fish. Then we had dinner. We had some noodles, it was so yummy. Then we drank some wine. All in all, we were happy.

Grammar

went to hiking went hiking
we often say this: go + verb + ing
eg. I want to go hiking
eg. My mum likes to go shopping
eg. My dad likes to go running

You can’t say “it’s so tired”, why? 

Because “tired” is for people
eg. I feel tired
eg. People are tired in the evening

Tiring” is for things
eg. Hiking is tiring
eg. Doing homework is tiring

You can’t say “it’s so happy”, why?

Because happy is (usually) for people, not for things
eg. I’m so happy because I like the class (you can’t say “the class is so happy”)

till one hour – till 11 o’oclock
eg. I did my homework till 9 o’clock
eg. We had dinner till 7 o’clock

We had dinner for one hour = maybe from 6 to 7, or maybe from 7 to 8