VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Speaking exercise

this morning i woke up at 7:30AM and then I took a shower for 15 minutes because I needed to wash my hair and then I ate my breakfast which was cereals with hot chocolate. Afterward I went to university because I have chinese class for 3 hours. During Chinese class we learned gang cai, bei, a new word but i don’t remember which was… and then I went back home by car and then I prepare my lunch… I eat this myself, and then I come here by subway.

this morning i woke up at 7:30AM and got straight up / got up immediately but I didn’t want to because I was exhausted. Then I took / had a shower for 15 minutes / a quarter of an hour because / as I needed to wash my hair and then I ate / had my breakfast which was cereal with hot chocolate. Afterwards I went to university because I had Chinese class / for Chinese class for 3 hours. During Chinese class we learned gang cai, bei, and another new word but i don’t remember which one / what it was… and then I went back home by car and after that I prepared my lunch… I ate it myself, and then I came here by subway.

i met him in an italian restaurant i worked at. he worked there for 3 months during summer.

I had class and then I went home.
I had class before going home / Before going home, I had class.
I went home but beforehand I had class.
First I had class, and once I finished class, I went home.

Vocabulary

secure / safe
eg. I feel safe in Shanghai

drugs – “medicine” that makes you feel good

assassin / criminal / killer / hitman – sicario

1 and a half years – 1.5 years

I come back – I come again
I am back – I am here again
I go back – I go again

I don’t know which one – na yi ge
I have a computer which is black – ta

tired < very tired < exhausted 

yesterday morning – this morning – tomorrow morning
yesterday afternoon – this afternoon – tomorrow afternoon
last night – tonight – tomorrow night / yesterday evening – this evening – tomorrow evening

shampoo … conditioner … hair gel