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.

Vocabulary

we can date / have a date – boyfriend + girlfriend

go out / get together / meet

I have a date tonight = maybe both

out of
eg. out of all of my students, Ivan is the best.
eg2. Latte is my favourite out of all coffees

easily – very apparently 
eg. I think Chinese people’s English is easily better than Japanese people’s

western restaurants – restaurants from the west

improve / improvement / progress / advanced
I improved
I have made some improvement
I made progress
My English is more advanced than before
– your level is higher

he is 6 years younger than me
he is much better than me
he is so much taller than me

rock / stone – shi tou
eg. I felt that I was on a piece of rock, floating in the middle of a forest in the rain.

leather – niu pi
metal – jin shu
install – an zhuang

If you go down underground, and see higher ground you must be careful.

straight / flat / even < > not straight / not flat (bumpy) / uneven 

hole / pothole – a hole in the road

go up onto the side of the road / path / curb and then go down from the curb 

exciting = ji dong de
exercise = jian shen

diabetes – die a bee teas – a bee drank some tea with too much sugar and he died of tang niao bing!
eg. I have diabetes

Grammar

She wants to go to Japan

she friend – her friend 

korea girl – Korean girl 

she has been teaching me – feels like from the past to now, continuing
has taught me – sounds like she’s not now

I am still happy

Speaking exercise

the doctor always more sugar is uncomfortable because you may get tang niao bing but I haven’t got that. But it’s very different to people. Some people never eat sugar or eat a little sugar, they still get ill so some people like me eat a lot of sugar, we still healthy. I don’t like exercise at gym. Maybe I like interesting exercise for example ride a horse. I haven’t ride a horse 2 months.

the doctor always says eating a lot of sugar will make you feel uncomfortable because you may get diabetes but I haven’t got that. But it depends on peoples’ body / health. Some people never eat sugar or eat a little sugar but they still get ill. So, some people like me eat a lot of sugar, but we are still healthy. I don’t like to exercise / exercising at the gym. Maybe I like interesting exercise for example riding a horse / riding horses / horse-riding. I haven’t ridden a horse for 2 months.