Demo Class Notes (Fiona W – Jesse)

Speaking exercise

I have been to Japan. I have been to fuji mountain and it’s a really quiet and peaceful place. I like the like some countryside style not like the tokyo style… and I go there and took the bicycle around the fuji mountain. and I saw a lot of people there and felt the environment, and it’s cold there because I went there in winter but the sun, it was sunny and I felt comfortable. There are a lot of old people live alone and I hang out and went into a restaurant, it’s very small and door is small and low, and I ate some japanese food, the chef (cooker) is a very old grandma, like 70 or 80 years old and live there and work there.

I have been / I have traveled / I have been on holidays to Japan. I went to / traveled to / visited / I took a trip to fuji mountain and I think / I feel / In my opinion / I reckon it’s a really / particularly / a considerably quiet and peaceful place. I like the likeI’m a big fan of / I’m really into some countryside style not like / instead of / rather than the tokyo style / I prefer countryside to city style place … and I went there and took a bicycle around the fuji mountain. and I saw a lot of people there and felt the environment. and It was cold there because I went there in winter but the sun, it was sunny and I felt comfortable because of the sunshine. There are a lot of old people living alone and I hung out around the city and went into a restaurant which was very small and the door was small and low, and I ate some japanese food, the chef (shef) was a very old grandma, like 70 or 80 years old who lived there and worked there.

Pronunciation

think
the
very
house
around

Vocabulary

cooker – a machine / device that helps you cook
eg. I have a rice cooker

cook / chef – people who cook
eg. my mum is a good cook
eg2. I talked to the chef and I told him the food was great!

Grammar

try not to use these words too much
the
and

I have done – your experience / anytime in the past
I did – specific time in the past