VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework from last time

Write a diary about recently – what are you doing? thinking about? what’s your son doing? Remember the grammar we talked about today and in your last email.

Reviewed last class and talked a lot about grammar.

I have a cup of coffee
I have a trip to Japan / I have traveled < > I haven’t traveled 

I don’t travel – normal time
I don’t like

I didn’t travel – past time

No Time – anytime / sometimes / always / never
I travel / I go 
I don’t travel / I don’t go 

PAST + which time is important
I traveled / I went 
I didn’t travel / I didn’t go 

NOW – happened in the past, which time is NOT important
I have traveled
I haven’t traveled 

PAST – happened before the past
I had traveled
I hadn’t traveled

PAST to NOW – still happening
I have been traveling
I have not been traveling 

meanwhile 
eg. We have class. Meanwhile, my son plays football.

Vocabulary

reimburse – give money back
eg. my boss will reimburse the money I spent on my business travel

refund – get money back that you spent on a product that had a problem / was broken
eg. I got a 50% refund for the football ticket
eg2. can I get a refund if it has a problem? / after how long can I still get a refund if I have a problem?

count my invoices / go through my invoices
eg. today we will go through your notes

audience / crowd / spectators
original meanings 
audience – people who are there
crowd – a lot of people gathered together
spectator – the people watching

tv game – console game
eg. I like to play console games on the weekend when I have time

deal with / handle / manage / control
eg. meditation and exercise can help you deal with stress

meditation – ming xiang
eg. I meditate 3 times a week for 20 minutes each time
eg2. I meditation every day

Since I’m 10 years old I start to play the football and attend some competitions, even in the university i joined the university team. Because I think it’s team work and I enjoy the happiness for the audience. My ex is my fans / one of my exes. Unfortunately 2 years ago the manchester city have a game in the beijing but this game is cancelled because the ground broken, the heavy raining and it’s very expensive.

Since I was 10 years old I have been playing the football and attending / participating in some competitions, even in / at the university i joined the / I was in the university team. Because I think the teamwork is the key element / because of the teamwork and I enjoy the happiness / energy / passion from the audience / crowd / spectators. My ex is my fan / one of my exes was my fan. Unfortunately 2 years ago the Manchester city had a game in the Beijing but this game was cancelled because the ground had some problem / there was a problem with the ground / the ground had been damaged because of the heavy rain and the ticket was very expensive.

Grammar

i back to shanghai – I’m back to shanghai / I came back / I went back / I got back