VIP Class Notes (Samara)[S]

Role playing scenarios and speaking in past tense.

Please write about the time when you planned your wedding. Was it a long process? Who helped you? How did you find your dress / dresses? How long did it take to plan it? How many weddings have you attended since then?

I held two wedding, my husband is come from Jiangsu so first wedding is in his city it’s a very big one, we invited almost over 200 people. His father has a good relationship with many people. My husbands father is working as a government secretary so the mother is a teacher os they knew a lot of people. The wedding in Shanghai,  was very satisfied, there are no, I imagine all of my colleagues and friends there were no parents there and no relatives. it is a sunny day and our wedding place is the top of the building. I invited a chef, he is Michelin, one star. I booked him advanced a year, almost a year. The food very delicious, friends were very nice everything is very good.

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I held two weddings, my husband is from Jiangsu so, the first wedding was in his city it was a very big one. We invited almost over 200 people / guests. His father has good relationships with many people. My husband’s father is working as a government secretary, also his mother is a teacher so they knew a lot of people. The wedding in Shanghai, I was very satisfied, there are no, I invited all of my colleagues and friends. There were no parents there and no relatives. It wad a sunny day and our wedding place was on the rooftop / it was a rooftop wedding. I invited a one star Michelin chef. I booked him a year in advance, almost a year. The food was very delicious, friends were very nice everything was very good. 

Vocabulary

Rooftop: the top of the building is exposed sometimes with furniture and tables for entertainment.
Tax reimbursement: A paper that you take to an office in the airport to redeem tax money on large purchases.
Gift receipt: a receipt without the price on it that can be used to return something.
ex: could you give me a gift receipt.
Drug store: a store where you can get over-the-counter medicine.
ex: I’m going to the drugstore to buy some pain relief medicine.
Pharmacy: a store where you can pick up your prescription.
ex: There is a pharmacy in this drugstore.
Corner store: a small store usually on the corner of a street
Period: Common phrase for a woman’s “blood cycle”

Grammar

What apps should I download to help me get around?
I have a stomach ache
I have a head ache
I need a pain reliever
I am on my period / cycle I need pain medicine.
what is your recommendation?
I’m in the mood for…
What are the specials today?