VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Today we focused on:

refining expression

Speaking exercise

I have been working here 8 years.
I like listen to music, I love TS.  3 years ago the venue for the concert in Shanghai.
My son is 3 and a half year. He just go to kindergarten. he is very cute. He likes cars. My home has many many cars. 100 cars. He always asks me play with him with the cars.
His birthday is on March 21.
I want to communicate with him. maybe in next year I will send him to English school to learn English then I want to communicate with him.

I will go to team building with my colleagues to … to celebrate our company the 8th anniversary.
1 night in a resort. I excited. I will come with my family.
Our company booked a big bus. We have maybe around 20 people come out. I think 3 hours by bus.
this crab only provide autumn. it is traditional in autumn we have crab dinner. it is Chinese traditional. every year in autumn we will have crab dinner with family.

South Chinese like eat the crab in autumn and hk people also really like this. I know have a competition for the sea food earner.

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I have been working here for 8 years.
I like to listen to music, I love TS.  3 years ago I went to her concert in Shanghai. the venue was the Mercedes Benz arena in Pudong.
My son is 3 and a half year. He just started kindergarten. he is very cute. He likes cars. My home has many many cars / my home is full of cars. he has 100 cars. He always asks me to play with him with the cars.
His birthday is on March 21.
I want to communicate with him. maybe next year I will send him to an English school to learn English then I want to communicate with him in English.

I will go to a team building with my colleagues to Anji to celebrate our company‘s 8th anniversary.  / to celebrate the 8th anniversary of our company.
we will stay 1 night in a resort. I am excited. I will go with my family. / I will bring my family.
Our company booked a big bus.

We will be around 20 people . I think it takes 3 hours by bus.
this crab is only available in autumn.
it is traditional to have crab for dinner in autumn. it is a Chinese tradition. every year in autumn we will have crab for dinner with the family.

for south of Chinese like eating crab in autumn and hk people also really like this. I know there is an auction for the biggest crab.

Vocabulary

concert 音乐会
I went to a concert last week.

head start : 先启动
I started to learn English last month to have a head start.

venue : place for an event / place where something happens.
The venue for my wedding was a church.

lucky draw 抽签
We don’t have a lucky draw for the annual party.

to provide : to give  / pay for
Our company provides the hotel and the bus for the training.

be available : you can buy it / get it if you want / free (not busy/ not being used)
This crab is only available in autumn.
The room is not available ( there is already someone using it)
I am only available in the week end.

to auction 拍卖
I auctioned the crab on eBay.

auction (n) :event when people say a price to try to buy something.
I went to an auctions yesterday.

to bid : to offer a certain amount of money
I bid 200 cny for the crab, but he bid 2,000 so he got it.

Grammar

use for with durations
I have been working here for 8 years.
I have waited for you for 15 minutes
I have been in Shanghai for 6 years.

like to do something
I like to listen to music

like doing something
I like listening to music

ask someone (for) something
I asked Tom (for) the pen.

ask someone to do something
I asked Tom to give me the pen

next / last
I will go to Beijing next week/year.
I went to Shenzhen last month.

take time :
It takes 4 hours to go to Beijing by train.
I takes about 3 hours to go to Anji by bus.

the more … the more… / the (comparative) .. the (comparative) 越。。越。。。
The bigger the crab the more expensive (it is).
The better the computer the faster it is.