VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Try to use the difficult grammar we did today (if it hadn’t rained I wouldn’t have got wet)

Next Class Focus

Do a Beginner Simple Article reading from here and focus on making the ends of each word softer and connect each word.

Writing exercise

I haved a plan travle to Sanya with my family before because recently many luxruy hotels of Sanya are on sale. Until my husband told me a new case happened in Sanya, I have to give up it, this is let me feel a little bit sad.I think beach and hoilday are so far for me.But I find there are many interesting places in shanghai.If it wasn’t for long time that I could’s travel, I think I might never find thoese interesting places.

I had a plan to travel to Sanya with my family before because recently many luxury hotels of Sanya are on sale. Until my husband told me a new COVID case happened in Sanya, so I had to give it up / give up on it, which made me feel a little bit sad. Beaches and holidays seem so far from me but I find there are many interesting places in shanghai. If I hadn’t not traveled for a long time / if it wasn’t for the fact that I wasn’t able to travel for a long time, I wouldn’t have found those interesting places. / if I hadn’t stayed in SH for such a long time continuously, I wouldn’t have found those interesting places. 

Grammar

2 verbs, add “to” 
I come here to learn English to improve my English to help my son to go to a good school.

If I was rich, I would buy 10 cars, but I’m poor, so I can’t.
It rained today. If it hadn’t rained today, I would (will) have gone (go) out, but today it rained, so I can’t go out.

I go / I went / I have gone 

from = distance
I am from Australia
I am different from you
I live far from here

I have a phone. It is black. = I have a phone which is black.

Vocabulary

we talked about whatever we could think of

drop sb / sth off – help sth / sb to go somewhere
eg. me and my son walked to school together and I dropped him off before going to work

humble – to act like sth is lower than it actually is
eg. I try to be humble when people say “wow you’re so good!”

helmet – a hat to protect your head

backpacker – sb who carries a backpack around to travel

hiker – sb who likes hiking

risk taker – sb who likes risk

bend – to make sth not straight
eg. The trees were bending