VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Discuss how to say “有” in English – eg. has, there is, i have done / i haven’t done 

Remind to use VERBS every sentence

I like dancing which is fun / because it is fun / and I think it is fun

I have a cup which is white

I am at home = maybe inside my house, maybe outside in the yard / garden
I am in my house = inside

I’m at work = just working
I’m in my office = inside the building

injured – shou shang
eg. I injured my leg / I have a leg injury

2 weeks ago < > in 2 weeks
eg. I will go to Japan in 9 days

in 5 minutes we will do some speaking

Vocabulary

left and right
up and down
big and small
north west
south east
hot and cold
black and white
boys and girls
ladies and gentlemen

homeless – someone who doesn’t have a home so sleeps on the street
stray – animals that don’t have a home

public transport – buses, trains, metro, subway…choice

have a choice
consider a choice – kao kv
make a choice

economy – the money system for a city

cost of living – the amount of money you need to pay for life

Grammar

sydney don’t big – Sydney isn’t big 

the weather very hot – the weather is very hot 

it = the thing / the place / the time / the weather / the situation

I really don’t like = fei chang
I don’t really like = you yi dian

i have been to LA 3 times but i really don’t like the place because public transport is very difficult, just everyone driving the car so you can arrive some place and i think the weather is very dry and very sunny i think the place is not very convenient, and i dont like the local restaurant, maybe i dont have a right choose so some food i dont like.

i have been to LA 3 times but i don’t really like it because the public transport is very difficult to use / not very convenient, just everyone drives so you can’t get to anywhere / some place and i think the weather is very dry and very sunny. i think it is not very convenient, and i dont like the local restaurants, maybe i didn’t make the right choice so I don’t like some of the food. 

SF is near the sea so the seafood is very delicious. i think it is convenient better than LA and downtown have a lot of homeless so it is very dirty and doesn’t smell nice.

SF is near the sea so the seafood is very good / great / so tasty. i think it is much more convenient than LA and downtown has a lot of homeless people / there are many homeless people downtown so it is very dirty and doesn’t smell nice.