VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Katherine Hua

What things in your life are good for you? And what things are bad? Write about the last time you did something that was bad for you. How did you feel? Why do you do those things? Do you think people should always do good things for themselves or sometimes bad things are OK?

Vocabulary

How are you? / How’s it going? / How’re you doing? 

5 – Great / very good / really good 
4 – Pretty good / good 
3 – OK / good / Not bad 
2 – Just OK / fine
1 – Not great / not very good

Thanks 

and you? / what about you? / how about you?

I have a computer which is black = I have a computer and it is black.

vocabulary – ci hui / word
grammar – yu fa / logic
pronunciation – fa yin / sound 

explain – jie shi

I didn’t have breakfast but I had lunch at home. I ate fish, vegetables and a bowl of soup and it’s not bad. After lunch I read a book and I came here because I have a English class here. After class I will go home and have some homework.

I didn’t have / I haven’t had breakfast but I had lunch at home. I ate fish, vegetables and a bowl of soup which was not bad. After lunch I read a book and I came here because I have an English class here. After class I will go home and do some homework.

Mr Bean had seen ice cream car he feel very good so he run to the ice cream car and choose the ice cream but he push in the line. He choose the ice cream slowly but he don’t have money and the man say “you need to give me money”

Mr Bean sees an ice cream truck and he feels very good / excited so he runs / rushes / hurries to the ice cream truck and chooses the ice cream but he pushes in in front of the child. He chooses the ice cream slowly / he is really slow to choose the ice cream but he doesn’t have any money and the man says “you need to pay“.

Grammar

Coke is bad for you. = Coke is unhealthy

My mum is good to me. = Mum treats me well

Homework is bad for me. = Affect is bad

Homework is bad to you 

Mum is bad for me = Affect is bad
eg. Mum always gives me coke which is good to me but the coke is bad for my health, so mum is sometimes bad for me.

I talk to you = cond / dao
I go to Australia = cong / dao
I give sth to you = cong / dao
I’m different to you = distance
I came here to learn English = reason (verb)

Coke is bad for me = affect
Homework is good for me = affect
I bought a cake for you = reason (noun)
I came here for English = reason (noun)

I come here and learn English because I didn’t drink my coke and the teacher is good.
I come here to learn English, but the teacher is bad so I just drink coke and I don’t learn anything.

I did / I didn’t do / I didn’t eat it / I didn’t have it
I have done / haven’t done / I haven’t eaten it / I haven’t had it

I haven’t been having class for a long time – I haven’t had class for a long time
I have been running for a long time – I have eaten lunch

have – had

I do – no time / always / often / sometimes
I did – yesterday – past time – which time is important 
I have done – past time – which time is NOT important
I am doing – now – happening 
I have been doing – have done + am doing – started in the past and still happening
I will – future