VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Upgraded simple words to higher level and focused on using conjunctions and which / that / who etc…

I am a pupil who studied at primary school which is in shanghai. I have 1 sibling who is my sister Rachel. She is an extrovert, plus she is enthusiastic about everyone in her life. My sister and I live together in a room, and this room has no room to swing a cat. She is now studying in a kindergarten which is in an estate near my home. In this kindergarten she learns sports and stories which make her more and more both sociable and intelligent. Nowadays when she returns home she always tells us 3 stories in a row which are amazing, so once you learn that you will be drawn in, and once you’re drawn in, there’s no going back. My dad is a handsome man who has a job as a flight safety inspector and works in an office near the airport every day. He is really easygoing and has never been arrogant in his life. My favourite thing to do with him is to go alpine skiing in the mountains during the winter holidays. Once we were skiing in Finland and there happened something astonishing and sad. As, we were skiing down the mountain, I hit a rock and fell down. It hurt a lot and my dad wanted to save me so he stopped but the snowboard fell off from his boots and flew away because he hadn’t thought of this moment to come, he sprained his left leg. He was about to yell “ouch” but he didn’t want me to know that he hurt, so I’ll be worrying about him so he stood up and helped me to my feet. I saw him hop here not walk here so I knew that there might be something wrong with his legs. After that we called an ambulance and my dad was taken away to the hospital.

I am a pupil who studies at primary school which is in shanghai. I have 1 sibling who is my sister Rachel and is an extrovert – plus she is enthusiastic towards everyone in her life. My sister and I live together in a room / we share a room which has no room to swing a cat. She is now studying in a kindergarten which is in an estate near my home. In this kindergarten she learns sports and stories which make her both sociable and intelligent. Nowadays when she returns home she always tells (she has the habit of telling) us 3 stories in a row which are amazing, so once you learn that you will be drawn in, and once you’re drawn in, there’s no going back. My dad is a handsome man who has a job as a flight safety inspector and works in an office near the airport every day. He is really / incredibly easygoing and has never been arrogant in his whole life. My favourite thing to do with him is to go alpine skiing in the mountains during the winter holidays. Once we were skiing in Finland and something happened which was astonishing and sad. As, we were skiing down the mountain, I hit a rock and fell down. It hurt a lot and my dad wanted to save me so he stopped immediately but the snowboard came off his boots / became detached from his boots and flew away and because he hadn’t predicted this moment, he sprained his left leg. He was about to yell “ouch” but he didn’t want me to know that he was hurt, otherwise I would have worried about him so he stood up and helped me to my feet. I saw him hop to me, rather than walk so I knew that there might be something wrong with his legs. After that we called an ambulance and my dad was taken away to the hospital.

Grammar

at that day – on that day 

Vocabulary

potential – possibility
eg. it could potentially help you = there’s a possibility that it will help you

the iphone is in demand / there is a lot of demand for the iphone / my teacher is really demanding 

headquarters – HQ – the biggest, “boss” location of a company
eg. JingAn Temple is the SE HQ

resources – things you can use to make / build / do sth
eg. teachers are important resources for schools, but wood is a resource for a builder

I like / I fancy / I’m into / I’m a big fan of 

increasingly = more and more

due to the fact that = because
due to = because of

didn’t predict = didn’t know it would happen

sprained = very bad twist + bruise

detach – to come off

come off – to stop being connected
eg. the patch came off my jacket

to be ___ towards sb
eg. I was really angry / pleasant / aggressive towards him