VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Write a story about your own life, using the words from today and think about the grammar mistakes you made today.

Vocabulary

question – you ask
problem – there’s something wrong

which
I went to Germany. Germany is a strong country.
I went to Germany which is a strong country.

habit – xi guan
eg. being early is my habit… I don’t like to be late

food / fruit – not countable

job / work / office / company
this is my job = responsibilities
I like my job = position
I go to work = the place I have a job
I work at SE = what you do (verb)
office = place
company = organisation

bites into sth = yao zu – “bai t”
eg. i bite into the apple and a lot of juice comes out

wipe – ca – “w eye p”
eg. i wipe the table after we finish dinner

lick – tian – “lik”
eg. i lick my lips when they are dry

Grammar

in the middle east
the united states of america
in China

I want to do sth
I want to go to some place

Reason
to + verb
for + noun
eg. I want to buy a cake to give you for your birthday.

I got up at 7 and made breakfast for us which was tomato and egg noodles and coffee and fruit. My husband went out at 7:45 to work. I left the house / I left home at 8:30 to go to the metro station for my first English class.