VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

TiboElizabeth

Today we focused on:

relative clauses

Homework

Do some writing and focus on the grammar you learned in class today.

combine the sentences:

  1. Some people were arrested. They have now been released.
  2.   A bus goes to the airport. It runs every half hour.

Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.

  1. 1  I don’t like stories who have unhappy endings.
  2. 2  What was the name of the person who phoned?

    Are these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.

    1. 1  I don’t like stories who have unhappy endings.
    2. 2  What was the name of the person who phoned?
    3. 3  Where’s the nearest shop who sells bread?
    4. 4  Dan said some things about me they were not true.
    5. 5  The driver which caused the accident was fined £500.
    6. 6  Do you know the person that took these pictures?
    7. 7  We live in a world what is changing all the time.
    8. 8  Gary apologised for what he said.
    9. 9  What was the name of the horse what won the race?
  3. 3  Where’s the nearest shop who sells bread?
  4. 4  Dan said some things about me they were not true.
  5. 5  The driver which caused the accident was fined £500.
  6. 6  Do you know the person that took these pictures?
  7. 7  We live in a world what is changing all the time.
  8. 8  Gary apologised for what he said.
  9. 9  What was the name of the horse what won the race?

Next Class Focus

continue with relative clauses

Writing exercise

My dear friends:
It has been a week since we met at last class.How are you getting along these days?I miss you very much.
Last class we talked about personal and professional goals for 2021,maybe I should say have a plan for 2021~Actually, I orginally planned to study English for International Engilsh Language Testing System(IELTS) and study in the UK for degree the historian master degree.But I didn’t expect novel coronavirus pneumonia to be the last year.So my plan was upset.At that time,I had no choice but to fand a new job and learn English the same time,hoping that the infectious diseases would end in 2021.But now it seems that the situation is not optinistic.I am in chaos now.
Now I’m work in a financial company,car loan aduit,read Auto loan contracts everyday.Life is full of boredom.But it is also had a good side,that I acquainted some young people in their 20s.In that moment,I feel myself young again,it’s like going back to school~
To speak fluent English has become my only goal now.Even if I really not go abroad,Maybe I’ll be able to pass a teacher’s qualification certificate and be an english teacher,heihei…This is the worst plan~
I believe God is benevolent,and the plague will pass away,and the sun will shine again.
It’s late night and I’m going to bedchamber now.See u next time~~~

My dear friends:
It has been a week since we met last class. How are you getting along these days? I miss you very much.
Last class we talked about personal and professional goals for 2021,maybe I should say I have a plan for 2021 / Maybe I should write about my plans for 2021~Actually, I originally planned to study English for International English Language Testing System(IELTS) and study in the UK to get a historian master degree. But I didn’t expect the novel coronavirus pneumonia / covid 19 to happen last year. / But Covid 19 made things difficult / upset my plan a lot.
So my plan was upset. At that time,I had no choice but to fand a new job and learn English the same time, hoping that the infectious disease would end in 2021. But now it seems that the situation is not optimistic. /It seems we will have to live a bit longer with the virus/ it seems the virus is here to stay. I am in chaos now.

Now I’m work in a financial company,I take care of / handle car loan audits, read auto loan contracts everyday.
Life is full of boredom / life is boring.
But it also has a good side / there is a good side / there is a silver lining, I acquainted / met / got close to some young people in their 20s.
In that moment,I felt myself young again / I felt I was going back in time, it was like going back to school~

To speak fluent English has become my only goal now. Even if I don’t go abroad / even if in the end I don’t study abroad. Maybe I’ll be able to pass/get a teacher’s (qualification) certificate and be/become an English teacher, hehe…This is the worst plan / this is the worst case scenario
I believe God is benevolent,and the plague/pandemic will pass away,and the sun will shine again. / will end soon.
It’s late at night and I’m going to the bedroom now／ I am going to bed now. See u/you next time~~~

Vocabulary

plague (n) 鼠疫
people died of the plague in the 1500s

pandemic (n)大流行病
I can’t travel because of the pandemic

scenario (n)设想的情况
In the best case scenario Covid will disappear soon
In the worst case scenario we will wear masks forever

to become (v) 变成／变得
Tom became the CEO
I may become a teacher in 2023

in the end 终究
It was hard but in the end we won

contracted worker (n) 签约工人
They don’t work for my company, another company sent them to us, they are contracted workers

vocational school (n)  大专 / 职业学校
He studies in vocational school to be a plumber

plumber  (n) 管子工
A plumber came to my home to fix the shower

to go back in time (v) move back to the past
I looked at some old photos and went back in time to my school days.

to get close to (v) 变和一个人进
I got close to Sarah because we have the same hobbies

hobby (n) 爱好
I have many hobbies

silver lining (n) 一线希望

to handle (v) 管理
I handle car loan audits.

covid 19 (n) = novel covoronavirus of 2019
Covid 19 is very scary

last / next are used alone
I went to BJ last week
I will meet her next Monday

detail (n)细节
There are details in the book

Pronunciation

chaos (K os)

Grammar

using who / which / whom / where as links

Who has a pen?-> question
The man who has a pen. -> not a question / it is a relative clause (关系从句 )
The king who won the war
there is a king
The king won the war