VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S / W]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Next Class Focus

Do more self correction speaking to correct chinglish vocabulary and grammar

Writing exercise

Today I want to talk about “reading”.
When I was a little girl, I really liked reading.I readed one hour or more at least everyday, before I went to sleep. During the holiday, I would read a book from waked up to slept. At that time, reading let me happy and excited, I thought I have a new world in the book, which was nobody could disturbed me.I liked reading about growing up, travel, history and so on.
But since my college life began, I spent less time to read, and I liked to watch movie and spent time on line more and more, I lost my habit.In the next few years,I was used to iphone’ information and web’news, I still didn’t liked to read.
Last weekend,I spent an afternoon to read in a coffee shop near my home, because I wanted to train myself to read long writings. I wanted to bring back my old habit.

Today I want to talk about “reading”.
When I was a little girl, I really liked reading. I read for one hour or more at least everyday, before I went to sleep. During the holiday, I would read a book from waking up to sleeping / when I woke up to when I slept. At that time, reading made me happy and excited, I thought I have a new world in the book, which was something that I could do and nobody could disturb me. I liked reading about growing up, traveling, history and so on.
But since my college life began, I spent less time to read / on reading, and I liked to watch movies and spent time online more and more, so I lost my good habit / the habit of reading. In the next few years,I became / got used to iphone’ information and web’news, I still didn’t like to read.
Last weekend, I spent an afternoon reading in a coffee shop / cafe near my home, because I wanted to train myself to read long writings / pieces of text / articles. I wanted to bring back my old habit.

Vocabulary

what’s mean? – what do you mean? 

what’s a different word for coffee shop? = cafe 

coffee = ka fei
cafe = ka fei dian
eg. I went to the cafe to have coffee

I spent an afternoon to fix my computer / it took an afternoon to fix my computer – I needed a whole afternoon to finish it
I spent an afternoon fixing my computer – I used that time… maybe I finished, maybe not.

I came here to learn English

习惯: I wasn’t used to it -> I started getting used to it -> I got used to it / I became used to it -> I was used to it / I am used to it

I like movies / films / music / coffee

the 7th of February = February 7th / the 7th 

thermos – bao wen bei

Grammar

read / read / read 

I have class for 1 hour

Speaking exercise

Last night my husband and i went to lankava. We wanted (pr) to buy some gifts for my sister and brother for CNY. I bought a little perfume for my sisters and bought a sport thermos / bottle for my brother because I think I’m a old sister but I can’t meet them many time in 1 year so I want to give them some surprise during CNY. This year my husband and I will go to his parents home on 3 February which is next month, and we will go to my parents home on 7 February and we will come back to Shanghai on 10 February so I think it is very busy for us. We always in Shanghai and no time to meet our parents so we should go back home during spring festival.

Last night my husband and i went to lankava. We wanted to buy some gifts for my little sisters and little brother / younger cousins for CNY. I bought a little perfume for the girls and bought a sports bottle for the boy because I think I’m like a big sister but I can’t meet them many times in 1 year / a year / each year so I want to give them some surprise during CNY. This year my husband and I will go / are going / are planning to go to his parents home on the 3rd of February which is next month, and we will go / will be going to my parents home on the 7th of February and we will come back to Shanghai on the 10th of February so I think it will be very busy for us. We are always in Shanghai and don’t have time to meet our parents so we should go back home during spring festival.