VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

How will you rest this weekend?

OR

What will you do when you go out? Try to use the prepositions we talked about, like across, over, above, while, etc.

Vocabulary

Across – to be on opposite sides of something (preposition)
e.g. Lily and Nicholas are usually across the hall from each other.
e.g. The restaurant is across the road.
e.g. During class we sit across the table from each other.
Across – to move from one side to another, to the opposite side (adverb)
e.g. We passed the contract across the table for the others to sign.
e.g. We walked across the street to the mall to get lunch.
e.g. Mao famously swam across a river and then wrote a poem standing on the bank.

Bank – the side of a river
e.g. We went swimming and then got out onto the riverbank to sit in the Sun and dry off.
Sit in the Sun – sit in a place where the Sun is shining
e.g. When I am old, I will get up early and and sit in the morning Sun and read the newspaper.

Float – to stay on top of water
Sink – to be heavy and go underwater
e.g. On a nice summer day, it’s fun to go out on the lake and just float.

Flow – something moving, like time, air, or a liquid; to move in this way
e.g. The flow of time cannot go backwards!
e.g. In a river, water is always flowing.

Downstream/Upstream – “downstream” is the direction that water flows in a river; “upstream” is the opposite of the way that water flows in a river
e.g. Mao Zedong famously went to a river race and floated downstream for a long time with the other swimmers to show his good health and support for exercise.

Couple of . . . – two of something
e.g. Are they a couple now? Yes, they are dating.
e.g. What have you been doing (for) the last couple of days? (It has been two days since your last class)

While – to show that two things are happening together or that something is going to interrupt a longer action
e.g. I was watching tv while I was eating (same time, both long actions)
e.g. While I was eating, I received a phone call.

Above – a preposition meaning “higher than”
e.g. Since I am on the second floor, the third is above me. That is where the door broke. We heard the sound above us, and it scared us.
Over – more an adverb, meaning to cover or cross; numbers greater than some other number
e.g. The plane flew over the mountains, which is much faster than driving around.
e.g. They put the net over the dog’s head and caught it.
e.g. There are over 1 billion people in China.

Difference Between Above and Over

Grammar

Have you went – have you been to that park?

For foreigner – for a foreigner

I also don’t know – I don’t know either

Usually an adverb goes right next to the verb it describes. Usually it will go after, but if there are other things that also go after it can go in front.
e.g. He can run very fast.
e.g. He can quickly run to the store.

Maybe just working, no other thing happened. I think my work is boring. A different thing happened today is in the afternoon we all working and suddenly we heard a *pom* It’s a very big sound. We all don’t know the reason. Then we found that in the third (for/flow) the door is broken (made of this), maybe because the weather change to temperature so change makes the door broken. There is one people go next that door. So it may be dangerous, but fortunately she don’t get hurt (injured). So now that place has a big blank (just nothing). Can you know the meaning? (Yes, of course)

These last few days, I have maybe just been working. no other Nothing special happened. I think my work is boring. A different Something strange happened today is in the this afternoon. While we were all working and we suddenly heard a *pom* It’s a very big / loud sound. We all don’t No one knew the reason / No one knew what had caused the sound. Then we found that on the third floor the glass door had / was broken, maybe because of the weather temperature change / the quick change in weather. to temperature so change makes the door broken. There is one people person who was by / near that door. So it may be dangerous, but fortunately she didn’t get hurt / injured. So now that place has a big blank there is just a big hole (in the door).