VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

Describe a friend of yours. Try to use the vocabulary that you’ve learnt today.

Vocabulary

encounter – meet

eg. encounter a person/problem/difficulties

difficulty/ies – problems

eg. If you encounter any difficulties, feel free to call me.

contact/call

invitation – noun

eg. She sent out invitations to her wedding.

invite – verb

eg. Elena invited me to walk around Prague.

we are still in contact/we keep in touch – to still talk to sbd

the city is/people are very laid back – relaxed

Grammar

verb 1 + to + verb 2 (base form) 

ex. I like to travel around the world.

ex. I want to eat a burger

of – belonging to

South of China

Made of Wood

time expressions 

last year/tomorrow/next week/yesterday – don’t add (in/on/at/with etc.) before that

good/well 

good – adj (describes the noun)

ex. I speak good English.

well – adv (to describe the verb)

ex. I speak English well.

and…so… 

ex. I didn’t know anybody in Prague and Elena seems nice so I decided to hang out with her.

ex. I want to go to a restaurant and meet/see a friend so I need to go out now.

ex. I thought today would be raining and I would get wet so I brought an umbrella with me.

but

ex. I wanted to leave early but my mum had to talk to me for half an hour.

ex. She went to the restaurant before it closed but the kitchen is no longer preparing food.

but…so… 

ex. She was supposed to have class but her manager called her so she went back to work.

ex. I want to travel abroad but my English is not good so I need to study.

Sometimes with friend together. It’s just very flexible for me because sometimes with friend go to travel maybe our direction is different. So sometimes I have to accompany my friend to museum and then go to another place. I like to see beautiful sceneries and go to some art museum. But, very difficult because our holidays are different. I most like Mexico and the Philippines. I just first go to Mexico alone and then my friend joined me.

Revised: 

Sometimes together with a friend/friends. It’s just very flexible for me because sometimes if I travel with a friend maybe our travelling styles are different. So sometimes, I have to accompany my friend to museums and then go to other places. I like to see beautiful sceneries/go sightseeing and go to some art museums. But, it’s very difficult because our holidays are different. I like Mexico and the Philippines the most. First, I went to Mexico alone and then my friend joined me.

I like travel very much, because I might be able to understand more different cities of culture and I took a lot of the pressure off me by travel. In addition, I made a lot of friends by trip, they are shared their life stories to me that these all have given me richer memories in my life.
I went to Prague alone in the last year, At that time, I got lost in countryside，I met a local people ，her name called Elena who is really nice，she brought me to bus station and gave me her phone number，she told me if I meet any difficult things in city I can connection to her.
And then, Elena called me two days after, she told me she has spare time and can be my guild. I thought she is a very warm person，I want to hang out with her，so I accepted her invite. She took me to many popular scenic spots and took me to some local restaurants and coffee shops, we had a nice day chatting with each other, even thought my English is not well, she makes me feel that trust between people is became easy
I think that is most memorable trip for me, she is my good friend and we have connection until now

Revised: 

I like to travel very much/a lot because I might be able to understand more different cities’ culture and I took a lot of the pressure off me by travelling. In addition, I made a lot of friends on the trip, they have shared their life stories to me and all of these travels have given me richer memories in my life. I went to Prague alone in the last year, At that time, I got lost in the countryside, I met a local person and her name is/she is called Elena. She is really nice and she brought me to the bus station and gave me her phone number. She told me if I encounter any difficulties in the city, then I can call/contact her.

And then, Elena called me two days after. She told me she has some spare time and can be my guide. I thought she is a very warm person and I want to hang out with her so I accepted her invitation. She took me to many popular scenic spots and took me to some local restaurants and coffee shops. We had a nice day chatting with each other, even though my English is not good, she makes me feel that trust between strangers is easier than I thought. 
I think that this is the most memorable trip for me, she is my good friend and we are still in contact until now