VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Vocabulary

Could we change the time to 3PM?
We can change the time to 3PM… ok?

Can we talk about this topic?
What topic can / will / should / would / must / do / did we talk about?

What is the topic today?
What is the topic of class today?

What is the topic that we can talk about? 

do you have… have you done 
eg. Do you have an iPhone
eg2. Have you traveled to Japan?

maybe I will use it in the future when I travel to another country / travel overseas / travel abroad 

in the future I will maybe use it when I travel abroad.

in the past < > in the future 

I lived in Spain for 2 years but I traveled to / I stayed in Japan for only 5 days.

How long will you wait? I will wait 5 minutes
How long will it be? It will be 5 minutes

even though / although – sui ran

he shouted me the meal / he gave me the meal for free

set / meal 

free – mian fei
eg. is this dish free?

diet
eg. I eat a very healthy diet 
eg2. Judy is on a diet now because she wants to lose weight

Speaking exercise

I tell you a good experience when I traveled to Japan at the cruise. I met the restaurant manager was a vegetarian too so he gave me a lot of very good vegetarian dishes. So he understand how to cook vegetarian dishes. He gave me the meal for free and he made me vegetarian dishes even though they weren’t on the menu.

I want to tell you a good experience when I traveled to Japan on a cruise. I met a restaurant manager who was a vegetarian too so he gave me a lot of very good / tasty / delicious vegetarian dishes. So he understands how to cook vegetarian dishes. He gave me the meal for free and he made me vegetarian dishes even though they weren’t on the menu. 

Grammar

metro / subway / train / plane / boat / cruise – on (because you can walk) / bike / bicycle – on (because you sit on top)
car / taxi / truck – in 

I did this for 1 hour
I bought this for 10 yuan / I paid 10 yuan for this