VIP Class Notes (David)

If you are going to choose a roommate, which of the following qualities is the most important to you: (1) Cleanness (2) Friendliness (3) Quietness.

If I want to choose a roommate, I think the important quality is someone who is friendly. This is because I’m a little shy so I want someone who can talk to me first. If we stay in the same room, your roommate can help you if you are in trouble. Someone who is friendly means she is easy be stay with. She will think others more than herself.

If I want to choose a roommate, I think the most important quality is friendliness. This is because I’m a little shy so I want someone who can talk to me first. If we live in the same place/apartment, my roommate can help me if I am in trouble. Someone who is friendly is easier to stay with. She will think about others more than herself.

Which of the following technological developments has made the greatest impact on students’ lives? (1) Electronic books (2) Online classes (3) Smart phones

I think the smart phones made the greatest impact on students’ lives. Nowadays, there are many apps which we can use it to study English easily. Using the smartphones we can start English on the way to work or come back home. Many English teachers will show their English class on douying. If we want to search a new word we don’t know we can use the smartphones to know it. Just like the Smart English we can learn our classnote on my phone or set my homework on it.

I think [smartphones]/[the smart phone] made the greatest impact on students’ lives. Nowadays there are many apps which we can use to study English easily. Using [smartphones][a smartphone], we can study English on the way to work or [going back home][on the way home]. Many English teachers will share their English class on douying. If we want to search for a new word we can use the smartphones to define it/find it.

Vocabulary

distinction – difference

ex: You should draw more of a distinction between your two different ideas.

technology – noun; the new things humanity has created to improve our lives.

ex; Each year, new technology arrives that makes our lives easier.

apps – applications

transition – change

ex: Make sure to use transitions in your speaking to show a change from one idea to the next.

Grammar

gerund – using a verb+ing to make a noun. ex: reading, writing, singing, dancing.