VIP Class Notes (Ally) [W/S]

Write 3 sentences using both the simple past tense and “have been”.
My son went to kindergarten two months ago.
My son has been going to kindergarten for two months.

Write 3 more sentences about current events (实事).

Vocabulary

(to be placed under) quarantine:  隔离（virus，严重的）
ie. All of the doctors who came back from Wuhan(adj phrase) need to placed under quarantine for two weeks.
ie. The government official said a quarantine is necessary.

self-isolation／self-isolate: 自我隔离
ie. People who came back from other countries should self-isolate for two weeks.

suspected(adj):疑似的
ie. There are currently 3000 suspected cases in India.

suspect (noun): 嫌疑犯
ie. He is the prime suspect in this case.

suspect（verb）：怀疑
ie. I suspect he has the virus.

kindergarten: 幼儿园
ie. My son has been going to kindergarten for almost a year.

tele-conferencing: 视频会议

conference: big zhengshi de meeting

via: by (in business)
ie. We don’t have to go to the/use the conference room, we can discuss this matter/have our discussion via tele-conferencing.

Grammar

SVO : subject verb object
– V is the most important
– be careful of the verb: what is the real subject? Wuhan vs government
– subject is the person doing the verb action

needn’t = don’t have to

You can have too much of a good thing.

All relationships need to keep distance.
Everyone needs to keep distance in their relationships.
All relationships need distance.

has gone to/ has been(to be) to/ has been going (to go)to
– My son has gone to kindergarten. 我的儿子（刚刚）去幼儿园了（leave 离开我们这个地点了）
– I have been (to be) to HK before.  我去过香港 （存在在香港过）
– My son has been going to kindergarten for almost a year. 我儿子上了一年的幼儿园了（在这一年的时间内，我的儿子一直在上幼儿园）
– My son went to kindergarten almost a year ago.
*simple past tense (came, went) use with time moment (ago)
* have been past tense (have been going to, have been back..) use with duration of time (for 2 months …)

Today is good day. Wuhan is cancel block. I think this is a good news for every chinese people. The life will begin better and better in the future.

Today is a good day. The central government cancelled Wuhan’s block/the block on Wuhan./Wuhan’s block was cancelled by the government. I think this is a good news for every chinese person/all of China. Life will begin to be better and better in the future.

I come back from work for two months. At the beginning of the virus, we work from/at home.

I‘ve been back to work for two months/ I came back to work two months ago. At the beginning of the virus, we work from/at home via tele-conferencing.

Pronunciation

he’s (same sound as “week”) his fit bit it

leave live alive

ban ben bin been bean (be-yin) being in=yin (*)

when win wing (*)

foot look Luke food tooth too=two

banana Canada ally=apple

but cut bat bet fruit