VIP Class Notes (Joe) [s]
Today we focused on:
We discussed booking tickets on a website and focused on expressing dates and using numbers as adjectives.
Homework
Write an itinerary for your Spring festival plans. Make sure you write all the dates in the correct format. Also practice using numbers as adjectives (e.g. a 5-minute break).
Next Class Focus
We need to practice more using the structure “when was the last time” to ask questions.
Speaking exercise
You did some research on the website for the tickets from Shanghai to Beijing. The departure date is 22 November. I think it’s the end of this week. It’s the weekend. The departure date is the 22nd of November / November 22nd. You like to book tickets for 3 adults, 1 children of 11 years old, and one infant of 1 year old. You would like to book a round trip ticket
You searched on the website for tickets from Shanghai to Beijing. The departure date is the 22nd of November / November 22nd. It’s the weekend. You’d like to book tickets for 3 adults, 1 child of 11 years old, and one infant of 1 year old. You would like to book a round trip ticket.
Grammar
Do you have any plan for this Christmas?
Do you have any plans for this Christmas?
This flight has a 3 hours and 15-minutes layover
This flight has a 3 hour and 15-minute layover
The police searched the suspect in the room
The police searched for the suspect in the room / the room for the suspect
It takes long time
It takes a long time
You can checked in 2 bag
You can check in 2 bags
What is the last time you went back to South Africa?
When did you go back to South Africa?
When last did you go back to South Africa?
When was the last time you went back to South Africa?
You just for holiday or you have something to do there?
Are you just going for a holiday or dealing with something?
Are you going for business or pleasure?
Vocabulary
Layover (noun) – resting or waiting between different parts of a journey
We had a 3-hour layover at Hong Kong airport
Transfer (noun) – changing from one vehicle to another during a journey
There were no transfers because we flew direct
on the tip of my tongue – I am close to remember it
I wanted to say ‘mild’, but I said ‘moderate’. I couldn’t remember the word quickly enough even though it was on the tip of my tongue.
Search something – look inside something for another thing
I searched my bag for my pen
Search for something – try to find something
I searched for my pen
Pronunciation
Flight – make sure you say the /t/ sound at the end clearly
October – ok toe bir
Mother – ma thir
Murder – mur dir
Father – fah thir
Plan – same vowel sound as in apple
Plane – same vowel sound as in pain
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