VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/W]

May 12, 2019LilyAnnie M

Pronunciation

they, this, the= day, dis, de
They like the blue shirt on this floor.
did you finish this (dis)? Yes I finished it

I will= I’ll (ao)
ex: I’ll be there in 5 minutes. Are they there yet? Yes, they are here.

gym= gim

st-sd sound= stop stamp stubborn stir
sp-sb sound= spring spit span spec sprout

Grammar

I really like to eat apples.
I really hate you. ~~I very hate you~~

on +day
ex: I have work on Tuesday and Wednesday.
ex: I will go to BJ on Saturday.
ex: My birthday is on February 13th.
ex: Valentine’s Day is on Feb 14th.

for +(period of time)
ex: I have English class with Lily for one hour.
ex: I don’t have work for two days.
ex: Annie, can I talk to you for 2 minutes/ 2 hours?
ex: I go to the company for 1 hour.
ex: I slept for 7 hours last night.

Vocabulary

1.upload= 上传
ex: I uploaded my homework 30 minutes ago.
ex: Did you upload your homework?

2. standard= 标准
ex: do you have a more specific standard?
ex: some people have a very high standard when they look for a boyfriend/girlfriend.

3. force (verb) = 逼迫
ex: When you use English at work, you can force yourself to speak English.
ex: I can’t force you to do your homework, you can do it if you have time.

Speaking exercise

my short term goal is to change my job. I want to find a better job. It should be I like the job, make some more money. I like my job, but is sales support assistant, it’s like a secretary. It isn’t a long-term job.

My long-term goal is improve my English. When I traveling, I can talk with other people. My company is a foreigner company, so there is some foreigners, I want talk with them. Sometimes we have meeting, they speak English, I couldn’t understand.

Revised

my short term goal is to change my job. I want to find a better job. I want to find a job that I like, and can make some more money. I like my current job, I am a/I work as a sales support assistant, it’s like a secretary. It isn’t a long-term job.

My long-term goal is to improve my English. When I travel, I can talk with other people. My company is a foreigner company, so there are some foreigners, I want to talk to them. Sometimes we have meetings together, when they speak English, I can’t understand.

Writing exercise

I am not good enough at English.
My job couldn’t bring enough money to me.