Demo Class Notes (Wangyu – Ally)

Vocabulary

gamer: wan jia /someone(person) who really really really really likes games
ie. This game has a lot of gamers.
ie. Ally is almost (cha bu duo, cha yi dian) a professional (pro) gamer.

prepare: zhun bei
ie. Wangyu is preparing for a test.
ie. I prepare to study English.

graduate: bi ye
ie. I graduated from middle school.
ie. I graduated in/last July.

example: li zi
ie. Give me an example of a “which” question

husband: lao gong
ie. Kris Wu is Ally’s husband.

wife: lao po
ie. Ally is Kris Wu’s future wife.

chat: (verb)liao tian
ie. I chat with my friends in the afternoon.

meet-met: Jian mian
ie. I will meet XZQ in the future.

female: girl
ie. I am female. (noun)
ie. I am a female (adj) student.

monster: guai wu
ie. In a game, we call the big monster a “boss”.

middle: Zhong Jian de
ie. She is in the middle of a game (time).

medium: Zhong hao
ie. 2 years ago, Ally wears a size medium. Now, she wears a size large.

city: Cheng shi
ie. Which city do you like in Japan/Which Japanese city do you like?

neighbor: lin ju
ie. I want to be XZQ’s neighbor.

grow up – grew up: Zhang da
ie. Kris Wu grew up in Vancouver, Canada.

voice: sheng yin
ie. Ally likes Kris Wu’s sexy voice.
ie. Keep your voice down. – Be quiet. (Xiao sheng dian)

accent: kou yin
ie. Kris Wu’s English accent is very sexy.
ie. Ally speaks the American accent.

song: gequ
ie. XZQ’s songs are great.
ie. Which song is your favorite (song)?

lonely: (adj) gu dan
ie. Ally came to SH because Lily was lonely.
ie. She is lonely in the big city.

country: guo jia
ie. Which country do you like?

anime: dong man / dong hua
ie. Ally likes Japanese anime.

decide: (verb)jue ding
ie. I decided to eat hotpot tomorrow./ I will decide tomorrow.
ie. I will make(verb) a decision(noun) tomorrow.

hot: re / shuai / la
ie. It’s super hot outside.
ie. Did you meet the hot guy yesterday?
ie. Sichuan hotpot is very hot.

Grammar

The weather is hot – It is hot/cold/raining.. outside

handsome – hot

something different/something important/something interesting….

someone different/important …

which = na yi ge
ie. Which/what test
ie. Which one is your friend?
ie. Which singer is your favorite?

what = Shen me
ie. What is your favorite color?
ie. What do you do in the afternoon?
ie. What else do you do?

who = shei
ie. Who do you chat with?
ie. Who is your best friend?
ie. Who is your favorite singer?

when = time?
ie. When do you go to bed everyday?
ie. When are you going to Japan?
ie. When did you start to like Kris Wu?

why = Wei Shen me
ie. Why do you like Kris Wu?
ie. Why did you come to SH?
ie. Why are you going to Japan?

yet: hai mei you (no’s)
ie. You are not very good at English yet.
ie. I’m not going to Japan yet.

still: hai (yes’s)
ie. Are you still thinking about Japan?
ie. I am still thinking about Japan./I have already decided.
ie. I’m still in SH.
ie. You are still young(adj)./a student(noun/person)./in class/here.(place)

12AM: midnight
12PM: noon

come/go: always WHERE YOU ARE right now
ie. Come to SH. / Go to Japan (because we’re in SH)

Speaking exercise

“Right now, do you go to school/are you going to school/are you in school?”

in 2022
in 2 years
2 years later

“Do you have Japanese classes?”

because

“Sorry, I don’t understand. What do you mean?”

maybe the IELTS

“What do you do everyday?”
play games

“How long/how much time do you play every day?”
3 hours

because his sing(dong ci) is very nice.
because he sings(dong ci = verb) very nicely(adv).
because his songs(ming ci = noun) are very nice(xing rong ci).

because I like Japan’s life.
because I like the life in Japan.

I like SH’s food.
I like the food in SH.

“Did(=before) you go to Japan?”

1 year ago
a year ago = last year

Pronunciation

country = coun+tree