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.

Try to make longer sentences. Write about what things you like shopping for? Bags, shoes etc. Do you prefer good looking things or comfortable, useful? What is the most important thing and why?

Pronunciation

plan – a – short a
plane – ayyy – long A

bat – a
bate – ay = baaaaeeeet

dat – a
date – ay – daaaaeeeet

A E I O U – long

bake – A
week – E
like – I
spoke – O
new – U

Vocabulary

tired / tiring 
eg. I am tired because work is tiring

bored / boring
eg. this class is boring… I’m so bored!

annoyed / annoying
eg. kids are annoying so I don’t want kids. They make me annoyed.

I have a computer which is black = I have a computer and it is black.
I went to work which is near my house.
I went to work which took 1 hour = going to work takes 1 hour

I bought a computer which took 1 hour = I bought a computer and it took 1 hour
I bought a computer which I like. = I bought a computer and I like it.

take – things take time
eg. it takes (me) 30 minutes to get here
cost – things cost money
eg. it costs 70 RMB
spend – people spend time and money
eg. I spend 4000 RMB on this computer
eg2. I spend 30 minutes to get here

they don’t respond to treatment 

we pay them – we give them money

I have mixed feelings about it

go / come
go – to another place, not here
come – to this place, here

book / order
book
– time
order
– thing
eg. I ordered a bag off taobao
eg2. I booked Jesse’s time at 1PM tomorrow / I booked a table at 12 at a restaurant

Grammar

Most things / most people 
some things / something / sometimes
Most of the people in this room / Most of my life / Most of the time / Most of the world

Speaking exercise

We wrote this together 

who, what, why, where, how, for how long, with who…?
because / but / so / and / when / if / which / who / where …

Last week I went to Nanjing (which is a city in China / which I do every year) for work by myself (which is normal for people in this job) for 2 days because I have to complete some data verification for my client but it took a long time so I have to go to Nanjing again next month. I stayed at JingLing hotel this time but I didn’t choose JingYing hotel because I didn’t book ahead of time and it was full.