VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Past tense use

Vocabulary

relax: feeling calm and happy 放松

1 year/2 years/3 years – after 1 add “s”

one and a half years /two and a half years – 1.5/2.5

Portugal: the country

Portuguese food/people

meat bun: 肉包

make plans – come up with things to do

1st/2nd/3rd tier city/ies – 1/2/3線城市

ago – before

go bankrupt/go out of business  

annual leave: official holidays that you take from your job 年假

eg. He has 14 days of annual leave each year.

eg. How long is your annual leave?

unpaid leave – 無薪假

furlough: to allow or force someone to be absent temporarily from work 强迫…休假

eg. After safety concerns, the company furloughed all 4,000 of its employees.

eg. Due to the pandemic, many people have been on furlough for weeks.

I majored in law/medicine

salary/pay/income 

Grammar

comparing adjectives – comparative 

non -er adjective: A is …. expensive + than B

Food in GD province is less expensive than in SH

exciting ->more exciting-> most exciting

Travelling is more exciting than watching TV at home.

-er 

big-> bigger-> biggest

high -> higher -> highest

This bridge is higher than the other bridge over there.

superlatives – the most (only talk about 1)

The food in SH is the most delicious. 

-er 

tasty->tastier-> tastiest 

Dumplings are the tastiest food that I’ve eaten.

exhaustic –> exotic countries/places/animals

It has/have – singular/plural

he/she/it/Joe – singular so “has”

We/they/I/You – plural so “have” 

the – when you talk about it again

a – when you introduce for the first time

ex. I have a house. The house is in ZH.

the – singular/plural/specific

a/an – singular/general

no article – plural/general

present tense – habits/routines/general facts/truths

ex. I come from Kaohsiung.

ex. Ice melts when it’s hot.

ex. You can speak 3 languages.

I came to SH about 1 month so I didn’t know what to say. But my company is very far away so I drive there. I came to here drive by myself. I very like the relaxing the environment because the environment is very relaxing.

I mostly have pressure in new environment so the environment doesn’t feel pressured to me.

We make the exercise bike, home gym.

I came from YN province and I studied in Taipei and work a little time in Taipei and my work before is in GD province. Just two years and a half.

I went to Macau every week because I think the food is more ZH. It makes the British and Portuguese food.

It’s very many islands so you go to islands very easily. Some islands have bridge so you drive car. It’s very relaxing place.

My work is very boring so every week we have to find some special travel.

I buy a house near ZH, some people from Macau or HK, they also buy a house there because the price is very high so they choose to buy house in a small town near ZH. Every week, like Friday they went there.

I live in a special district, it have many villa so I buy a small apartment there. But, the environment is very relaxing. It have green environment and many lakes so many people fishing in there.

But now the price is lower than other place so many people this year buy a house there.

Revised: 

I came to/arrived at/moved to SH about 1 month ago so I don’t know what to say. But my company is very far away so I drive there. I drove here by myself. I really like the relaxing environment.

I mostly feel stressed in a new environment so the environment here doesn’t feel stressful to me.

We make/produce exercise bikes for home gyms. 

I come from YL province and I studied in Taipei and worked for some time in Taipei and my previous job is based at GD province. Just two and a half years.

I went to Macau every week because I think the food is better/more delicious than in ZH. They have British and Portuguese food.

It has many islands so you can go to the islands very easily. Some islands have bridges so you can drive. It’s a very relaxing place.

My work was very boring so every week we have to make plans/find things to do. 

I bought a house near ZH, some people from Macau or HK, they also buy a house there because the price is very high in HK so they choose to buy a house in a small town near ZH. They went there every Friday.

I live in a special district, it has many villas so I bought a small apartment there. But, the environment is very relaxing. It has many green spaces and many lakes so many people like to go fishing there.

But now, the price is cheaper than other places so many people bought a house there this year.