VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Talk about your last week, or a recent experience. Don’t make the teacher ask follow up questions, just add details as much as you can and don’t worry if it’s perfect English or not, just say it.

venue = location

The hardest thing for me is open my mouth to speak English. Actually most of the time I can understand others means and I can reply, but only in my heart. I know that is a psychological problem. I am afraid I use wrong grammar or wrong vocabulary. Also my pronunciation sounds not well. I always worry about other people will laugh at me, so I don’t want to talk with people who good at English. I know if I can’t overcome this problem, finally, it becomes more and more difficult to improve my English.

The hardest thing for me is to open / opening my mouth to speak English. Actually most of the time I can understand what others mean and I can reply, but only in my heart (mind). I know that is a psychological problem of mine. I am afraid of using the wrong grammar or wrong vocabulary. Also my pronunciation sounds bad / my pronunciation doesn’t sound good / I don’t think my pronunciation sounds good. I always worry that other people will laugh at me, so I don’t want to talk with people who are good at English. I know if I can’t overcome this problem, finally, it will become more and more difficult to improve my English.

Grammar

verb = what time? how many?
noun = how many? which one?

I always worry that other people will laugh at me
I always worry about what other people will think

I know what you want to drink

I know the thing (what) that others mean

talked to Alex for Tony’s class – talk to Alex about Tony’s class 

Vocabulary

take a trip / take the chance / take a break = use the opportunity to do sth (it’s up to you)

“what is the most common thing an artist says? would you like fries with that?”

sunbathe – to lay in the sun and relax 
eg. people want to sunbathe at the beach

scuba diving – deep under water
snorkeling – surface of water
eg. I went scuba diving with Alex but it wasn’t very good

renovate – zhuang xiu
eg. I want to renovate my new office

talked about Thailand and Vietnam – added details instead of doing question + answer