VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

At a restaurant – how to communicate, what to expect

Pronunciation

straight – zhi – “stray t”
strange – qi guai – “stray nn j”

spain – sp ay n

I went to spain in 2005. I went to there to open internet cafe by myself. Why? Because my friend was there, I wanted have a look another countries so I went to Spain. When I went to there I feeled buildings not good than shanghai because they was old. I feel the rent for internet cafe was OK. It was not expensive. I opened it for 2 years and then I sold it. After that I came to Shanghai.

I went to Spain in 2005. I went there to open an internet cafe by myself. Why? Because my friend was there, and I wanted to have a look at another country / other countries so I went to Spain. When I went there I felt the buildings were not as good as shanghai because they were old. I felt the rent for my / the internet cafe was OK. It was not expensive. I ran it for 2 years and then I sold it. After that I came to Shanghai because I missed home.

Grammar

I am coming here to have class for 1 hour

Vocabulary

have a look = see

2 thousand and 5

please pardon – sorry? can you say that again?

I run Smart English. I have run it for 4 years. = I am the boss

I am as happy as you
I am happier than you

another = an + other = 1 other

when – dang / de shihou
eg. when I come to SE, I learn English

Vocabulary

feel / felt / felt
sweep / swept / swept
speak / spoke / spoken
fall / fell / fallen
speak / spoke / spoken
eat / ate / eaten
run / ran / run
sell / sold / sold
want / wanted / wanted
miss / missed / missed