VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Writing: your last holiday 2 years ago. Use the past tense

Wow. A holiday 2 years ago. That is really hard to remember. But i will try.

That happened on January 22nd, 2017.

It all began after we got married.

We needed a place to buy stuff—they say things in New York are much cheaper than it is here. We needed a place to stay together. Besides, i like old buildings. That’s why we’ve chosen New York.

We tried different dates and booked the cheapest flight possible. Though we were delayed on the first half and stuck in HongKong for one night, it ended up well by the airport’s serving us a free but nice and big meal.

After we arrived in New York, we spent a lot of time sightseeing and tried living in different districts: the Upper west, the Wall Street, and the flushing district. And we took a trip in the city by visiting different stores, eating in different restaurants, etc.

Oh that was a good trip.

Writing: your last holiday 2 years ago. Use the past tense

Wow. A holiday 2 years ago. That is really hard to remember. But i will try.

That happened on January 22nd, 2017.

It all began after we got married.

We needed a place to buy stuff—they say things in New York are much cheaper than they are here. We needed a place to stay together, and besides, i like old buildings which is why we chose New York.

We tried different dates and booked the cheapest flight possible. Though we were delayed for the first half and stuck in HongKong for one night, it ended well due to the airport’s serving us a free but nice and big meal. / we ended up getting a free meal from the airport which was a great ending.

After we arrived in New York, we spent a lot of time sightseeing and tried living in different districts: the Upper west, the Wall Street, and the flushing district. And we got really well acquainted with the city by visiting different stores, eating in different restaurants, etc.

What a great trip! / What a wonderful trip it was.

Vocabulary

lining – the line that goes around the outside of any object
eg. the lining of the jacket was coming undone so we needed to get it fixed

ended up = the result
ended = the ending time

Grammar

not very much of time – not very much time / not long 

by = the method / the way you did sth
eg. I came here by car
eg2. I get to know my students by having class with them frequently

heard sth – to “find” things with your ears

heard of sth
heard about sth
know sth 
eg. I have heard of Michael Jackson but I don’t know who he is.
eg2. I have heard about this company but I don’t know them very well
eg3. I know that company well, I used to work there.

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he communicates with our parents – he communicates with us, the parents