Demo Class Notes (Jesse)

for some times – sometimes (shi jian) / a few times (ci)

it’s a long time that i do not have the chance to speak – it has been a long time since i have spoken english / i haven’t spoken english for a long time

example – “egz ample” 

to talk the english consul – talk with / talk to 

talk about a subject 

hard to me to read – hard for me to read 

for = help (or the opposite)

i bought a cake for judy 

to = direction

i take a cake to judy

how to say – how do you say? 

i don’t know how to say 

colleague – tong shi – “coll eeg”

college – da xue – “coll edge”

i have spent 1 week in chengdu in the new year festival and unfortunately i had a high fever in the first 2 days and then we went to the snow mountain to ski. after skiing my high fever recover it’s weird but it’s recover and next 5 days i spend all days in hotel with my friends because we booked a good hotel in the downtown of chengdu. i was just sleeping and eating and then after this week i just came back to shanghai and find i have more than 2kg weight.

i spent 1 week in chengdu during the new year festival but unfortunately i had a high fever in the first 2 days. Then we went to a snowy mountain to ski. after skiing my high fever recovered which is weird but it recovered and i spent all of the next 5 days in a hotel with my friends because we booked a good hotel in downtown chengdu. i spent the whole time sleeping and eating and then after this week i just came back to shanghai and found / realised / noticed i have gained / put on more than 2kg.

a = any

the = a specific one (that)

which = describes directly the thing you just said

that = says more about the thing you just said