VIP Class Notes (Whitney) [S]

Revise all the example sentences we made during class for On/In/At

Use on/in/at in a short story to talk about what you did with your daughter on the weekend.

Be – when to use be and when to not use be. And why “be” is important.

I am on time.
I will be on time to here.
I will be  on time to class. to the meeting. to pick up my daughter.

Vocabulary

District 区域

Use to 以前
我以前住在澳大利亚
I use to live in Australia. I grew up in Perth and I studied and worked in Melbourne.

spend time／have lived in 生活
My family spend time in Singapore and Australia
My family have lived in Singapore and Australia

Corner 交叉口

late 迟到 – I will be running late, I will be late 

IN:
几几年, 月, 周

Centuries 几百年
Decades 几十年
Year 几年
Month 几月
Week 几周

It will be my birthday in two weeks time.
I was born in 1991.

国家, 城市, 区域

My English lessons take place in Jing An District
My home is in Baoshan District

I live in Shanghai

I use to live in Australia
My family spend time in both Singapore and Australia

ON:
日期, 哪天

My birthday is on September 25th
My birthday is on the 25th of September

I took my daughter to a restaurant and the playground on the weekend
On the weekend, I took my daughter to a restaurant and the playground.

路 – Certain destination 明确的地点

My home is on Zhen Hua Road
The Smart English office is on Nanjing West Road

Hello, please take me to the corner of Fuxing West Road and Ruijing 2nd Road. Please stop on Ruijing 2nd Road.

I am on time.
I will be on time to here.
I will be  on time to class. to the meeting. to pick up my daughter.

AT:
明确的时间

Today our English lesson starts at 3:00PM

Hi Whitney, I will be running late today. Can we start at 3:05 PM? 

明确的地点

My daughter is at school now.
I am at Smart English now.
The Smart English address is at ___ Nanjing West Road.

My gym is at Kerry Centre

I am working in Shanghai
I am working on a project in Shanghai
I am working at a local company in Shanghai

I am working at home today. / I am working from home today.
I am working in the office today.
I am working at the office today.

I am working at the office today, please come to see me at 3PM for a meeting.

Don’t come to see me today because I will be in the office all day.

My room is at lane 1008.
My apartment is on

My home is on Zhen Hua Road

1989弄 108号 振华路 宝山区 上海市
Unit 108, 1989 Zhen Hua Road

# No. 108, 1989

No. / Unit
Unit 108,
1989 Zhen Hua Road,
Baoshan District
Shanghai

Cherry Lane

Road – 路 anything that connects two points

Way – a small side street off a road

Street – the public street with buildings on both sides. perpendicular

Boulevard – big wide street with trees on both sides.

Lane – narrow road in a rural area

Drive – environemnt, long winding road

Terrace – Street that follows the top of a slope

Place – a road or street with no through way

Court – end in a circle or loop
78 Miram Court, Orangegrove

Plaza/Square – open publci space surrounded by business or streets

Frontage Road – runs parallel to a larger road

Highway – 高架 Major public road that connects larger city

Interstate – federally funded network or roads going between states

Turnpike – part of a highway

Freeway – 高速路 two or more lanes on each side

Beltway – highway that decorated public road

Parkway – decorated a public road

Junction – where two roads cross

Causeway – different raised roads that cross water or low roads

Crescents – winding roads that resemble a cresence

Alley – small pathway between buildings that may not be driveable

Esplanade – long open path near the ocean (promenade)

North. South. East. West.