VIP Class Notes (Celeste) [S]***

Prepare to tell a story in your next class about your favorite field trip when you were a child.
Remember: who, what, where, when, why, for how long?

I bought the plane tickets/airfare for my friends because they will have go on a trip.

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in order
eg. In order to have a nice teeth you must brush your teeth twice a day.

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hobby – My hobby is traveling to Japan because it’s clean and quiet.

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When my son is on his summer break he can do whatever he wants.

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Today I took him to swimming pool with his friends. / I took him to swim with his friends.

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risk – There are many risks while riding a bicycle on the streets in Shanghai.
There are many risks when moms leave babies alone.

Vocabulary

broadcast / broadcasting / broadcasted (-tid)
air / airing / aired (-d) – to broadcast a TV show or movie on TV
eg, The first episode of One Piece aired/broadcasted in 1998.
eg. One Piece is airing now. 

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Hayao Miyaaki is an artist/cartoonist.

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rush hour – during the morning and evening when people finish or leave work and go home
eg. It took a lot of time to go home during rush hour.

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peak hour / peak time – the busiest time during the day a work shift
eg. The peak hour for the cafe is in the morning when people order coffee on their way to work.
eg. The peak hours for the clinic are during the weekend.

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busy season – usually when hotels and amusement parks are busy
eg. Now is the busy season for Disneyland because children are on summer break or summer vacation. /have their summer holiday.
eg. The slow season is when it is not busy at Disneyland and typically cheaper.

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leave work – to physically exit your job/office/work
eg. I leave work at 6 everyday. / Everyday I typically leave work at 6.

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typically = usually
eg. I typically drink coffee in the morning.
eg. I typically go to gym at Saturday. – I typically go to the gym on Saturday. 

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field trip/s n. – a visit made by students to study something away from their school or college

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project / projecting / projected (-tid) – to show or display a picture or movie on a big white wall with a projector (machine to project)

When I was a child, of course I love summer break because I could go on a trip with my friends and when I was a child the homework was less than now. The school would ___movies(white wall) for all children. We loved to go to school to field trips. When I was a child the movie was expensive, so we all loved school’s movie.

When I was a child, of course I loved summer break because I could go on trips with my friends.  Also, I had less homework than students now. The school would project movies on a huge/big white wall for all children. We loved to go to school to go on field trips. When I was younger, movies were expensive, so we all loved to watch movies at the school. / we all loved watching the school’s movies.