VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

Writing exercise

Time goes fast,It was weekend again.
One of my best friend asked me to have dinner in the bistro which we always eat.We have a lot of interesting in common like food. The bistro is most welcome in that area so that there was not available table for us when we arrived and we should line up. I have a lot of memory about this bistro.Fifteen years ago when I was a college student,I found this bistro sold out chicken hot pot downstairs my house one day. I went in the bistro and had a lunch and then I can never forget it.It was so delicious, After that time I always share this bistro to my friends and went there with them.But I moved house six years ago and the bistro moved too so
I could not find it. Lucky to me one day I was using elem app it displayed!

Time flies by so fast,It was weekend again.
One of my best friends asked me to have dinner in the bistro at which we always eat/go for a dinner.We have a lot of interests in common like food. The bistro is the most famous/popular in that area so that there was not available table for us when we arrived and we had to line up/queue. I have a lot of fond memories about/of this bistro. Fifteen years ago when I was a college student, one day I found that this bistro was selling chicken hot pot downstairs of my home . I went in the bistro and had a lunch and after that I could never forget it. It was so delicious, After that time I always tell about this bistro to my friends and many times I went there with them/took them there. But I moved houses six years ago and the bistro moved too so
I could not find it. Luckily one day while I was using Elama app it popped up in my suggestions!

Vocabulary

queue (v)to wait in a line of people, often to buy something
排队
Dozens of people were queueing up to get tickets.
几十个人在排队买票。
We had to queue for three hours to get in.
我们排了3个小时队才得以进

fond (adj): happy and loving
快乐美好的;深情的
Many of us have fond memories of our childhoods.
我们许多人都对童年怀有美好的记忆。
We said a fond farewell to each other (= we said goodbye in a loving way) and promised to write.
我们深情告别,答应给彼此写信。

Could I get a discount, please?
我可以打折吗?
to get/give/offer a discount-得到 / 给予 / 提供折扣
discount rates/prices-贴现率;折扣价
They’re offering a 10% discount on all sofas this month.
本月他们给沙发售价统统打九折。

pop up (v):to appear or happen, especially suddenly or unexpectedly
(尤指突然地)出现,发生
She’s one of those movie stars who pops up everywhere, on TV, in magazines, on Broadway.
她是那种四处露脸的影星,在电视上、杂志上、百老汇,到处可见她的身影。
The words “Hard disk failure – program aborted” popped up on the screen.
“硬盘故障——程序终止”这几个字突然出现在屏幕上。

This popped up on my youtube suggestions and I thought …

better if you said ‘time flies by‘.
A: It’s time to go home now.
B: Already? Wow, time flies by!

OR

A: It’s time to go home now.
B: Already? Wow, time goes by so fast, doesn’t it?

A)
How are you? / How’s it going? / How’re you doing?

B)
5 – Great / Very good / Really good
4 – Good / Pretty good
3 – Good / Not bad
2 – Fine / Just OK
1 – Not great / Not very good

Thanks / Thank you

And you? / How about you? / What about you?

A)
5 – Great / Very good / Really good
4 – Good / Pretty good
3 – Good / Not bad
2 – Fine / Just OK
1 – Not great / Not very good

Thanks / Thank you