VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Next Class Focus

watch some of “the 100” and write down the words you think “i should really know that”.

Today we focused on:

focused on conversation and talked about vocabulary being the new focus to improve listening and fluency without chinese.

Writing exercise

1.The office I will move into has a large glass with a great view.
2.The man who is sitting next to me in the meeting is either sleeping or playing on his phone.
3.The boy I like doesn’t like me.
4.This lecture by Professor Ma is so boring.
5.The Christmas tree I bought online last week looks very luxurious with electricity.

1.The office I will move into has a large glass window with a great view.
2.The man (who / that is) sitting next to me in the meeting is either sleeping or playing on his phone.
3.The boy (who / that) I like doesn’t like me.
4.This lecture (which is) by Professor Ma is so boring.
5.The Christmas tree I bought online last week looks very luxurious with electric lights / decorations.

This game is (made) by Blizzard

My cup (that) I bought in Japan is black

play a sport / a game / a trick
play on / with everything else 

Pronunciation

isle – “eye ll” – the place you can walk between seats on a plane

luxurious – lug zhoo ree us / lʌɡ’ʒʊriəs

form of transport – like bus, train, boat, plane, spaceship, bike…

do it myself – no one helps you / nothing helps you
do it by myself – no one with you

Speaking exercise

Except airplane, other travel ways are OK because take airplane usually make me worried. I drive the cars every day so I think it is safe because I can control it by myself but I don’t know everything about planes and people are usually afraid of the things they don’t know.

Except airplane, other forms of transport are OK because taking airplane / because flying usually makes me worried / it worries me. I drive the cars every day so I think it is safe because I can control it by myself but I don’t know anything about planes and people are usually afraid of the things they don’t know.