VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Tell me about the last time you cooked. What did you make? What materials did you use? What ingredients did you use? …..

Grammar

present simple – is/am/are; do/does 
stating a general fact or stating an action that happens often
i.e. You are a student.
i.e. I am a teacher.
i.e. You come to class every day.
i.e. I go to work every day.

present continuous – is/am/are + doing 
talking about an action that is happening right now
i.e. I am typing right now.
i.e. You are listening to me.
i.e. I am watching the screen.

present perfect – have/has + done 
the action was finished just a moment ago
i.e. I have just finished my dinner.
i.e. You have just came from work.
i.e. I have received a package from double 11 before I left my office.

past simple – was/were; did
states a fact in the past or an action happened often in the past
i.e. I did my homework every day after school.
i.e. I was a student 2 years ago.
i.e. I graduated from university 4 years ago.
i.e. I was a student 4 years ago.

past continuous – was/were + doing
an action that was happening in a specific time in the past
i.e. I was eating dinner when you called me.
i.e. You were sleeping when I came home.
i.e. I was checking my package when my boss came to me.

past perfect – had + done 
something that happened that had an effect on sth in the nearer past
i.e. I had already learned about the tenses before you taught me.
i.e. I had done my homework before I turned on the TV.
i.e. I had prepared for the test for a long time before I passed that exam.

future simple – will + be/do
stating a fact in the future or ac action that will occur in the future
i.e. I will be a student next year.
i.e. I will do the dishes when I get home tonight.
i.e. I will eat dinner after the class is over.

future continuous – will be +doing 
an action that will be happening in a specific time in the future
i.e. I will be having dinner at 8 o’clock tonight.
i.e. You will be receiving more packages when you get home tonight.
i.e. I will be having class this Sunday at 2pm.

future perfect – will have + done 
something that will already be finished in the future; prediction of the future
i.e. The TV will have been turned on when I get home later tonight.
i.e. You will have finished your homework when your parents come back home.
i.e. The American election will have finished tonight.

be + done – passive action 

when vs. while 
when -> point of time
while -> period of time, duration of time

Tell me about your weekend

Last weekend, I woke up late at nearly 2pm. After I woke up, I cleaned my room, then I went to my friend’s new home and I helped her clean her new room. We were very tired and we ordered a food delivery food. We were watching the Korean shows when while we were waiting for the food. After one hour, the food was delivered. The food was so delicious and spicy. The next day, I had a bad stomachache. Before I went to the yoga class, I was almost sitting on the toilet the entire time, but I still went to the yoga classes and ate a Taiwanese food at on that day.

Tell me about your plans for this weekend

My friend’s birthday is this Saturday, so we will have a lunch on that day. We prepared a gift for her. We are looking forward to making her happy. After that lunch, we might go to some cozy places and talk with her. On Sunday, I will go to the English class and yoga class as usual. It’s my weekend plan.

Scientists think they have found an answer to the problem of food shortages. One solution could be for us to eat jellyfish. This could also help to protect fish and other sea life that are endangered. Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia conducted a study of fishing around the world. They discovered that fishing nets caught 92 endangered species of seafood and 11 species of marine life classed as “critically endangered”. The researchers said this was not illegal as the creatures were not protected. Researcher Dr Leslie Robertson said: “Despite national and international commitments to protect threatened species, we actively fish for many of these threatened species.”

The researchers warned we are eating species of fish and other sea life that are on the brink of extinction. They suggested that eating jellyfish could help protect fish that are in danger of disappearing from our seas and oceans. Jellyfish could become a common sight on menus, and we could ask for jellyfish and chips instead of fish and chips. The researchers said jellyfish could be a sustainable alternative at seafood restaurants and fish shops. Dr Robertson said seafood is “not as sustainable as consumers would like to think”. She added: “It is possible to manage our fisheries sustainably and eat species that can survive the fishing pressure. We just have to care about weird-looking squishy things like sea cucumbers.”

Vocabulary

squishy – wet and soft

chemical additives

steroid – ji su

spices – tiao wei liao

origin – yuan tou

output

Pronunciation

species [ s bi ci s]