VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Write about sth you did recently. PAST TENSE!!

review everything from today

Today is my first English class with foreign language teacher.To be honest, I am very nervous before the class.Because I worry about my English level. I am not use English more than two years, so I can not speak English well. But it surprised me that the teacher is pretty nice, he always encourage me, although I know my English is poor. After the class, I feel really relax, and I think I get some point that I don’t know it before. I look forward to the next time. By the way, my teacher is a cool man and his Chinese level shock to me when we first meeting.

Today was my / the first English class with my / a foreign language teacher. To be honest, I was very nervous before the class because I was worried about my English level. I have not used English for more than two years, so I can not speak English well. However, it surprised me that the teacher is pretty nice, and he always encourages me, although I know my English is poor. After the class, I felt / have been feeling really relaxed, and I think I got some point that I didn’t know before. I look forward / I am looking forward to the next time. By the way, my teacher is a cool man and his Chinese level shocked me when we first met.

Grammar

i have class for 1 hour

it was a shock to me

you shocked me
you gave me a shock / i got a shock
i have been shocked / i am shocked

you bore me / you are boring me / you are boring 

I have a friend who I met recently
I have a friend and I met him recently

I didn’t use English last year
I haven’t used English for the last 12 months
I haven’t been using English for the last 12 months (and I still am not)

I did it = specific past time – very direct
I have done it = general past time – which time is not important
I have been doing it = general past time still going

my home not big – my home is not big 

reason
I bought a cake for you (noun)
I bought a cake to give you (verb)
I bought a cake to give you for your birthday

comes my house – comes to my house 

one month one time – once a twice 

my parents house in Shanghai – my parents home is in Shanghai

do some jobs in Jiangsu – she works in Jiangsu

let = allow
eg. my mum lets me play computer games
get = ask
eg. she gets me to wash my hands before dinner
make = force
eg. she makes me do my homework

Vocabulary

bore / bored / boring
eg. this class is boring so I feel bored
eg2. I don’t like that teacher because he’s boring
tired / tiring
eg. this week my job is tiring
relaxed / relaxing 
annoyed / annoying 

but = however
and = also 
so = therefore 

conjunction – lian ci

hair / fur – mao
eg. there is a lot of hair in my house

fast train / high speed rail – gao tie