VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Speaking exercise

i traveled to macau 2 months ago. because i remember the season is summer, i weared the tshirt so it was very hot. i went to there with my sister. i saw that but i didn’t have try. it has the very interesting thing that if in shanghai if i want to come some place i will to take bus or take the railway, in macau i went to the travel spots buy the bus which is supplies with the hotel because the hotels bus. the macau has the big 2 island (pr) we took the bus from this island to another one then we walked around the whole island to find the travel spots which we make the plan, then there is a spots which dasenba which is very famous so we took photos.

i traveled to macau 2 months ago because I only had 2 days holiday. Since / As i remember the season was summer, i wore a tshirt, and it was very hot. i went there with my sister because my friends were busy. i saw that but i haven’t tried / I didn’t try it. There is a very interesting thing that when I am in shanghai, if i want to go to some place i will take the bus or take the railway. However, in macau i went to the travel spots by bus which is owned by the hotel. Macau has 2 big islands and we took the bus from this island to another one / from one to the other. then we walked around the whole island to find the travel spots which we made the plan to go to. Then there is a spot which is called dasenba that / which is very famous so we took photos there.

Grammar

I went there by bus / I went there on foot
I took the bus there

there is / are – a place has sth
eg. there is a cup on the table

it has – part of sth / owned by sth
eg. I have 2 arms

the travel spots which we made the plan = which we made the plan to go to

I do = normal time / no time
I did = past specific time
I have done = past general time
I will do = future
I am doing = now

I have done / I have traveled / I have been / I haven’t done it

I do it < > I don’t do it
I did it < > I didn’t do it

Have you been to Australia?
Yes, I have been to Australia 5 times.
When did you go?
I went last year

here / there = special places
eg. I am here / I was there
eg2. I go there / I come here

home / work / school = 2nd level special
eg. I am at home / I am at work / I am at school
eg2. I go home / I go to work / I go to school

the bank / the park / the bus / the airport / the street / the station / the beach = all the same

a / the / my / this hotel, place, restaurant, cafe, building, car, thing….

a = any
the = this / that  


Vocabulary

wear / wore / worn 
eg. I wear a tshirt during summer / I wore a tshirt yesterday

wake / woke / woken 

owned by = the person who is the owner / they bought it
eg. this pen is owned by SE

shuttle bus

huangshan is further away than hangzhou

Huangshan is twice the distance that Hangzhou is from shanghai.

blind date
eg. I go on a blind date with a boy

xing shi = feeling
eg. I don’t like the feeling of having blind dates

introduce – jia shao
eg. my mum will introduce some boys to me to go on blind dates with

family = people you are close to / understand
familiar = sth you understand
eg. everyone in my family is familiar with me
eg2. I am not familiar with iPhone = I don’t really understand

Pronunciation

Iceland = ice land
Island = eye land