VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Needs more review

simple < > complex 

tell – gao su
eg. I tell you “my name is Jesse”

say 
eg. I say “hello” to Jennifer

foreigner

I with my partner opened itI opened the business with my partner / Me and my partner opened the business / We opened the business together

invest
eg. my company invests in other companies

why did you decide to come here? I decided to come to SE because it is close to my office

what about you?
what about xue xiao?

primary school
middle school
high school

most of the time / mostly – da bu fen shi jian

Speaking exercise

In the morning I get up very late, maybe 8:30 minutes o’clock, 4 hours I call phone for business so today I don’t swimming. In 12 o’clock I for lunch, in afternoon 1 o’clock I go to club, use fire, it’s very hot, massage 2 hours. Today it’s very wet / humid always raining, I think Shanghai into the rainy season. Then my driver take me go to JingAn Temple to the Smart English, I study English.

In the morning I got up very late, maybe 8:30 AM, and I talked on the phone for 4 hours for business so today I didn’t swim. At 12 o’clock I had lunch, and / and then in the afternoon at 1 o’clock I went to the club for a Chinese hot massage for 2 hours. Today it’s very wet / humid because it is always raining, so I think Shanghai is going into the rainy season. Then my driver took / brought me to JingAn Temple to Smart English, to study English.

Vocabulary

wet – shi
wet < > dry

humid – chao shi (hot)

bring – brought
take – took 

Grammar

for + how long
for + reason (yuan ying)

What is the time? It is 5PM
What is the weather like? It is raining

It is 8:30 – time
I am 30 – years old