VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S / W]

Homework

Read these and write down any words you don’t know. Check the dictionary if you want and you can try to use them in your writing HW.

Cold Weather

New Shoes

Writing HW: use the vocabulary from today in some writing and if you want, include some words from the above reading.

Writing exercise

We will have the wedding in a garden in March.
We prefer writing letters to invite than in wechat.
I’m very worried that I would fall when I walk in wedding dress beause I’m not good at walking in high heels.I usually wear sneakers.

We will have the wedding in a garden in March and we prefer writing letters to invite the guests to inviting them by WeChat.
I’m very worried that I will fall when I walk in my / the wedding dress because I’m not good at walking in high heels since / as I usually wear sneakers.

Vocabulary

because = as / since / due to the fact that 
because of = due to 

what’s it called? = what’s the name?

talk about = go through / go over
eg. We can go through the problem you mentioned in your email in the meeting today

dreadlocks – zang bian
eg. I have dreadlocks

in person – to see sth with your own eyes face to face
eg. I want to see your design in person
eg2. I want to see you in person = I want to see you face to face

up her picture – upload her picture / post her picture

set – a story location
eg. the book is set on the moon / the film is set in a different universe

lick – use your tongue to taste sth / make sth wet 
eg. I love to lick ice cream in summer

lips – zui chun
eg. My lips are dry so I need to put something on them.

wipe – ca
eg. I wiped the table after class to keep it tidy / keep it looking good

chap stick / lip balm

shower 
eg. I showered today / I had a shower

bore / bored / boring
I bore you / I’m boring 

Italy – country
Italian – people / language (adj)

hand in – give sth to sb (to process / apply / return)
hand out – give to other people (give advertising)
hand over – give responsibility to someone else (it’s finished, not your responsibility anymore)

Grammar

I prefer this to that
I like this more than that

Speaking exercise

I will go to Sicily. Aquaman fighting in Sicily. I will go to Italy with my husband and I want to try / I’m looking forward to the italy food like pasta, pizza and I send the visa application yesterday I hope I can receive my italian visa ASAP. It is the island. I booked B&B. It is my first time to book B&B. My friend is learning Italy language and she told me some simple words like hello is chao and thank you is …. and I heard people in Italy is not good at English and I don’t good at English so how can we communication.

I will go to Sicily. Aquaman was fighting / fought in Sicily in the movie / the movie Aquaman was set in Sicily. I will go to Italy with my husband and I want to try / I’m looking forward to the Italian food like pasta, and pizza. I handed in the visa application yesterday and I hope I can receive my Italian visa ASAP. It is an island. I booked some air-B&Bs which is my first time to do. My friend is learning Italian and she told me some simple words like hello is chao and thank you is …. and I heard people in Italy are not good at English and I also am / I am also not good at English / and me too / and same as me so how can we communicate?

Susan likes to eat apples but especially big red apples. She likes to wear a blue hat and right now she’s wearing a big blue hat on her head.