VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Last Saturday was Children’s day and we bought a gift for my son and he was happy. The kindergarten has also prepared a snack and every child was very happy.
Parents don’t have much time with their children, so they buy gifts or eat out during festivals.
Grandma gave the red packets, I think it’s a happy thing for everyone to have no gifts.

Last Saturday was Children’s day and we bought a gift for my son and he was happy. The kindergarten also prepared / they had already prepared snacks which made every child very happy.
Parents don’t have much time with their children, so they buy gifts or eat out during festivals.
Grandma gave the red packets, and I think it was a happy day for everyone even though there were no gifts.

Vocabulary

my boss is go out for lunch – my boss went out for lunch 

red envelope = packet

even though / although = sui ran
eg. even though it’s raining, it’s still hot

even if = jiu suan
eg. even if you give me money, I still don’t have enough money

I went to nantong with my husband and son. it’s my friend’s parents village. if we went to we spent 2 hours. we arrived there at 3pm on saturday and it was a little late but the sun was hot. we went fishing. my husband caught a little one. when the sun set and children played in the field. they were very happy and forgot the time. when my son stayed in the field I thought we need stay here a long time, maybe 1 year, 2 year, 3 years.

I went to nantong with my husband and son to my friend’s parents village. It takes 2 hours to get to the village. We arrived there at 3PM on Saturday and it was a little late but the sun was still hot. We went fishing and my husband caught a little one. When / while / as the sun was setting children played in the field, they were very happy and forgot the time. When my son was (playing) in the field I thought “we need to stay here for a long time, maybe 1 year, 2 years, or 3 years”.

Grammar

go shopping / fishing / diving / swimming / dancing / drinking

We / People have time and things we do take our time.

It takes 2 hours to get to the village / It costs 100RMB to get there

I spend 2 hours to do my hair in the morning / I spend time with my son

at = short time (5pm…)
on = days weekends
in = long time / period