Demo Class Notes (Celestina – Jesse)

Vocabulary

celestial = stars

senior person – senior citizen / he’s elderly / he’s old 

keen mind – sharp mind / I’m pretty sharp

silly – a little cute / funny / not serious
stupid – not smart

in common time – normally / most of the time / on a daily basis 

intention – deliberately
eg. I deliberately say “how to say” because it’s easier / I mean to say “how to say” because it’s easier

Grammar

on the beginning – at / on / in the beginning
at the beginning – the point
in the beginning – a period of time

in a period

i’m a legal – I’m a legal consultant / I work in the legal industry / I’m a legal worker

how to say – how do you say? 

I went back to China – I came back to China

go / come
go = to travel to a different place to here
come = to travel to here

no one talks English with me – no one speaks English with me 

talk / speak / say
speak – ability to use a language / communication
talk – communication
eg. I speak to you in English / I talk to you. / I speak English / I talk English
say – meaning / words
eg. I say “hello”
eg2. I said that you are a nice person

I don’t care my accent – I don’t care about my accent

I care about you

you know the chinese students they learn grammar – you know, Chinese students learn grammar

i always hiking on weekends with my family when i was in america, to went to some national park. And I went to mexico with my son and at that time I cannot speak English and I cannot speak Spanish, so I order a hotel. That hotel except me, all the customer are Americans, I’m the only asia person. And I like driving. I drive from Chicago to New York taking 11 hours.

i always went hiking / I always hiked on weekends with my family when i was in america. We went to some national parks. And I went to mexico with my son and (at that time) I could not speak / I wasn’t able to speak English and I could not speak Spanish, so I booked a hotel. In that hotel all the customers were Americans except me, I was the only asian person there. And I like driving. I drove from Chicago to New York which took me 11 hours.