VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Writing exercise

My favorite movie is Marvel’s movie and my favorite avenger is ant-man. Actually I like every avengers in movie, Because each avengers has obvious character, but ant-man is very funny. When I saw Ant-man movie I felt very happy because he always gave me cheap feeling when he talk. In last movie Avengers:Endgame he came up with a time machine plan.

My favorite movies are Marvel’s movies and my favorite avenger is / with my favorite avenger being ant-man. Actually, I like every / each avenger / all of the avengers in the movies, because each avengers has an obvious character, but / whereas ant-man is very funny. When I saw Ant-man movie I felt very happy because he always gives me a funny feeling when he talks. In the last movie Avengers:Endgame he came up with a time machine plan. (when he was thinking about the time machine plan, he told me an idea)

Grammar

I have many great students with my favourite being Annie.
I have 5 students with my best students having good jobs.
I like many kinds of food with my favourite one being hotpot. / with hotpot being my favourite.

work at home
work from home

go to office – go to the office

I have been doing
I had been doing
Have done 
Had done
eg. Today I have taught 5 students. Before Annie arrived, I had taught 4 students. Now it is 6 PM, I have been teaching for 5 hours but at 4 PM today I had been teaching for 3 hours.

Vocabulary

apartment complex – apartment compound / community 

serious – yan ge
eg. it wasn’t too serious in Shanghai

when I actually / really go to work

pajamas – sleeping clothes

Corona Virus – COVID-19
Corona Virus 2019 

quarantine / isolation 
eg. I am in self isolation for 14 days

contagious – able to give sth to others
eg. yawns are very contagious / COVID19 is very contagious

spread
eg. this virus spread through the country

break out / outbreak – start of the virus
eg. the virus broke out in many countries everywhere

fever – fa shao