VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Review connecting words and how to sequence speech

Be careful when using the present with He/She It -> +S

write about the routine of your husband.

Last week I went back to my hometown to see my grandma. I lived with my parents for a few days. They are good. They are always try to cook some delicious food for me and make me comfortable in my home and every year I need to go back to my hometown to see my grandma. She is already 92 yo. And her health is well. In this year I didn’t go back, my parents come to Shanghai with me so I didn’t see year for about one year.
I try to keep my body balance. In Chinese they said there is an inner balance in your body which keeps you good health.
And find some ways to fit my my body’s characteristics. and my father also tries to find to some ways to practice himself. He like to play TaiChi. Last week he went to a small city and follow some tai chi master to study the tai chi skills and he also attended a city contest in the tai chi program. He always want to teach me but I have no time and he want to make me to promise study in tai chi in the few years. Reading a book is a good way to practice your mind and prevent some old people from diseases and tai chi and other exercise make you have a better health.

she wants to study art so she needs to prepare some art articles which is a requirement from university.
She want to attend a major which can make more money.

actually we want her to select some major she love. She wants to study illustration。
I think the major design is more likely to have a job。 Her father and I don’t know anything about art so we don’t have knowledge to help her。 The idea coming from her hobby. she likes painting. especially someone coming from Japan . but she thinks Japan is not interesting.  Japanese is very depressed they put more burden on their shoulders and live a very carefully life.

more and more colleagues buy a ticket which can make them to practice for a year. are they have enough time to practice.
But my husband go to gym every two days except he go for a travel he always can keep this habit.

he wants to remove his belly but it doesn’t work.

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Last week I went back to my hometown to see my grandma. I lived/stayed with my parents for a few days. They are good/ they are in good health. They always cook some delicious food for me and make me comfortable when I am home. every year I need to go back to my hometown to see my grandma. She is already 92 yo. And her health is good/she is in good health/she is well. This year I didn’t go back for CNY, my parents came to Shanghai (instead) and stayed with me so I didn’t see my grandma for about one year.
I try to keep my body balance. In China we believe/Chinese people believe there is an inner balance in your body which keeps you in good health./keeps you healthy.
I try to find exercises that fit/match my body. my father also tries to find to some ways to exercise . He like to do TaiChi. Last week he went to a small city and followed a tai chi master to study tai chi skills/improve his skills and he also attended a city sports competition which included tai chi . He always want to teach me but I have no time and he wants to make me promise to study in tai chi in the next few years. Reading a book is a good way to practice your mind and to prevent some old people from getting/contracting diseases. Tai chi and other exercises improve your health / keep you healthy

actually we want her to select a major she loves. She wants to study illustration。
I think a design student is more likely to get/find a job。 Her father and I don’t know anything about art so we don’t have the knowledge to help her/we can’t help her much。 The idea is coming from her hobby. she likes painting. especially manga . but she thinks Japan is not interesting.  Japanese people live a very safe life/life without surprises  (they have a heavy burden on their shoulders) and live a very careful/safe life./they live life carefully.

more and more colleagues buy an annual gym card. I wonder if they have enough time to practice.
But my husband goes to the gym every two days except if/when he travels for business/ goes on a business trip.
He sticks to it. He always follows this schedule

he wants to lose his belly but it doesn’t work.

Vocabulary

gym annual card: card that lets you go to the gym for a year.
I bought a gym card but I only went 3 times.

manga  动漫
I haven’t read this manga yet.

illustration: a picture which describes something.
Children’s books have many illustrations.

illustrator: person making illustrations
My daughter wants to be an illustrator.

belly 肚子
beer belly 大肚子
most men in their 40s start to have a beer belly.

blood circulation : the movement of blood within one’s body
I went to the doctor because I have bad blood circulation, I always feel cold.

abroad: in foreign countries
My daughter will study abroad.

art piece : piece of art
This painting is amazing. that is the best art piece from Van Gogh.

to take a test:
My daughter will not have to take the GaoKao.

competition : an event during which people compete to win.
there was a karate competition and

passion : something you love
Her passion is painting

to adhere : to follow/ stick to
I adhere to the principles I learned at school.

addiction (n): when you cannot resist the urge to get something
He has a drug addiction.

to be addicted to something
He is addicted to phone games.

to practice: improve by doing something repetitively
I need to practice my English listening.

to exercise: do sports
I decided to exercise more and started running every Sunday.

karate 空手道
I studied karate in Japan.

Grammar

make somebody do something
My father made me study tai chi when I was young.
I make my daughter study hard.

want somebody to do something
My father wants me to study tai chi when I retire.