Demo Class Notes (Fumi – Ally)
Fumi
– Comes from Japan, has been in SH for 3 years. Wants to improve on daily/social networking English.
Vocabulary
family name = last name
given name = first name
athletic: sport-loving
a couple of times – 2 times
stable: keeping
ie. My work is very stable./unstable.
prepare: doing something for the future 準備
ie. I am preparing dinner.
ie. I am preparing for my future job.
plural: s, more than one
ie. “Apples” is the plural (2+). “Apple” is the singular.
verb: 動詞 action word
Grammar
come or go = always depends on where you are NOW
ie. come = SH, smart English , China …
go = Japan, hometown , home…
to be general: use plurals
– who what were when why how
“how are they similar?” – in which ways are they similar?
adjectives: pretty, good, bad, beautiful, ugly, tall … describing something
Speaking exercise
“what do you do?”
“how = (adjs) is it?” = “what do you think about it?” = “how happy are you about it?”
the place where I only Japanese I speak English well.
I speak English well in places with no Japanese people.
a place with good food/pretty girls/lots of Japanese people
“What do you need English for?” “Why do you need English?”
for next work, I improve myself.
I need to improve myself for my future work.
I think work in SH is not so keeping, so I need to search next work.
I think work in SH is not very stable, so I need to always search for the next work.
I understand the words, but long sentences are/using long sentences is difficult for me. (n is …)
… it’s difficult for me to understand/speak/use the long sentences. (It’s + adj ….)
…. but I’m not very good at the long sentences. (I …..)
I often eat nigiri, the other time I eat sushi roll.
I usually eat nigiri, but I eat sushi rolls sometimes too.
Q: Tell me about your hometown.
A: I lived in Japan near Nagoya. My hometown have very delicious food, beef or seafood, vegetables. My hometown is very beautiful sightseeing. The people in my hometown is very kind, so if I’m back to my hometown, I wanna be kind for other people. Elementary high school university is all the … I went to elementary, high school and university in this prefecture/district/area. I worked in my hometown several years. After that, I came to SH. Last time I came back to is two years ago for COVID 19. I can’t back because of COVID 19. My parent is very worried about me.
A: I lived in a Japanese town/city near/just outside of Nagoya. There is very delicious food in my hometown, for example beef or seafood, and vegetables. My hometown is very beautiful, and … lots of tourists come to sightsee (verb) /There are a lot of beautiful sightseeing sites/places in my hometown. The people in my hometown are very kind and friendly/welcoming/warm, so if I’m back to my hometown, I wanna be kind to other people in return. Elementary high school university is all the … I went to elementary, high school and university in this prefecture/district/area. I worked in my hometown for several years. After that, I came to SH. Last time I went back to was two years ago before COVID 19. Now I can’t go (verb) back because of COVID 19. My parents are/family is very worried about me.
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