VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Next Class Focus

do speaking rather than writing review – focus on self correction.

talk about the first time meeting and other times – greetings and goodbyes

Writing exercise

If you ask, which is the fast paced city in China? It must be Shanghai. Shanghai is a charming city, also it attract lots of people to come here, but challenge always beside attractive city. In here, Have a good offer or find a job which make you feel confortable is pretty hard. Probably some people don’t worry about that. However, most of people feel lots of pressures every day and so many graduates can’t find a good job. Also the house payment is a burden for many people, if you can not have your own house in Shanghai, it will be a big problem, and buy a house will cost you lots of money, even you can’t pay for it… However,throw these bad things away… It still have too many good, glorious things when you live Shanghai, for example, Internet technology is advanced in here, if you don’t want to eat outside due to raining day, that you can use the app to have a food delivery and Shanghai is the most safty city in Asia, you don’t need worry about the dangers like gun shotting or bombing… Also the citizen are very kind, education is perfect, Although lots of pressures here, but I still love this cute city!

If you ask, “which is the fastest paced city in China?” It must be Shanghai. Shanghai is a charming city, and it attracts lots of people to come here, but challenges are always beside attractive cities. Here, having a good offer or finding a job which makes you feel comfortable is pretty hard. Some people probably don’t worry about that. However, most people feel lots of pressure every day and so many graduates can’t find a good job. Also the housing payment is a burden for many people, and if you can not have your own house in Shanghai, it will be a big problem. Also, buying a house will cost you lots of money if you can even afford it… However, throw these bad things away…/ ignoring these things there are too many good and glorious things when you live in Shanghai, for example, Internet technology is advanced here. If you don’t want to eat outside due to a rainy day, then you can use apps to order food / have food delivered. Shanghai is the safest city in Asia, and you don’t need to worry about the dangers like guns / shootings or bombings… Also the citizens are very kind, and education is perfect. Although there is lots of pressure here, I still love this cute city!

Vocabulary

down pour – when it rains very hard
eg. we had a down pour last night that lasted all night

in the west / in western countries 
eg. in the west, most education is free

Buying a house in Shanghai is very expensive, so much that even some people can’t afford it.

down jacket – very thick winter jacket

beanie – winter hat
eg. I wear a beanie most of the time during winter

fever – fa shao
eg. I had a fever when I was sick recently

Grammar

if…. then
eg. if you can’t do that, then you can do this instead.

It’s raining so hard that we can’t even go outside at all.

I like coffee.
I like drinking.

Coffee is good.
Drinking is fun.

Running is tiring. I like running. I also like coffee.

most people / most of the people in China
most girls / most of the girls at SE
most of the time = da bu fen shi jian
most of the time that I … = most specific
most of time
eg. the earth has not existed for most of time.

besides this, I also do that.

I have a friend. She study at Sydney – I have a friend who studies in Sydney