VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Speaking exercise

Last week, my husband and I took my son to visit car exhibition in pudong and my son felt very excited because he liked car model very much and we visited many car brands like BMW something but there were many peoples on that day and we had no seat to have a lunch. I felt tired because I hated many people, and the weather was so hot that day but I thought my son like it so I could also feel interesting. After visited exhibition I went here to learn English.

Last week, my husband and I took my son to visit the car exhibition in pudong and my son felt / was very excited because he likes model cars very much and we visited many car brands like BMW etc / and so on / and brands like that but there were many people / but it was very crowded on that day and we had no seat / didn’t have any seat to have lunch. I felt / was tired because I hate it when there are too many people / I hate it when it is very crowded / I hate crowds, and the weather / it was so hot that day but I thought my son liked it so I was interested / even though I was super tired and it was so hot, I was happy because my son was happy. After visiting exhibition I came here to learn English.

Grammar

nouns – how many? which one? 

only 1, not important which one – a car
all things, not important which – cars
only 1, but it is important which one – the / my / her / his car

verbs – what time? 

After class.
I like this class.
This class was interesting.

After learning.
I like learning.
Learning is interesting

After dancing
I like dancing.
Dancing is very fun.

Vocabulary

accent – kou yin

café / beyoncé  – accent 

complex / community / neighbourhood – xiao qu
eg. I live in an apartment complex in JingAn

tired / tiring
bored / boring
interested / interesting
eg. I am tired because work is tiring.
eg2. I am interested because my son feels the exhibition is interesting.

I feel interesting = I feel that I am an interesting person

too many people – crowded (adj) 
too many cars – bad traffic (adj) / traffic jam / the roads are very busy 

etcetera = and so on – “et set ter ra” 

slang – li yu
eg. I have no many = a little slang

I don’t have any money – standard English

pressure / press / depression – the feeling of being pushed down (very sad and too much ya li)

Pronunciation

insurance – in shur ranss

sure = shur

striv
strive
strivng