Demo Class Notes (Meng Liu – Jesse)

UK ,spain, Japan

if talking about the city i think tokyo and london and cities in spain. so I have been to tokyo for 3 times and i got different experience when i went there for each time, and the first trip to tokyo just make me very excited and everything is so new to me. and 2nd time is mainly for eating some nice foods and for shopping, and the 3rd time i just hear some areas im not so like, it’s interesting experience so i went with my partner. some famous streets you have so many people, it’s so crowded. other place i think i went to some countryside area. I just enjoy the food and the place. but for the purpose i went to tokyo is for shopping.

if talking about the cities i think / feel / believe / reckon (casual) / in my opinion (business) tokyo and london and cities in spain are the best. so I have been / I have taken a trip / I have been on holidays / I have traveled to / I have visited tokyo for 3 times and i had different experiences / I had various experiences / had a variety of experiences / I had a number of experience when i went there for each time, and the first trip to tokyo just made me very excited / it was very interesting / exciting and everything was so new to me. and the 2nd time was mainly for eating some nice food and for shopping, and the 3rd time i just found some areas I didn’t really like, it was not / I wasn’t an interesting experience…. i went with my partner. there are so many people on / all around some famous streets, they’re so crowded. Another place i think i went to was the countryside area. I just enjoyed the food and the place. but for the purpose i went to tokyo was for shopping.

Grammar

it takes much time – it takes a lot of time / it takes a long time 

i need to think about it for a while – SVO

I have been to a place – just your experience now
I have been going to a place – started in the past, and still going now
I went to a place – happened in the past (specific time)

the city – specific 1 / you know and I know which one
cities – general / all of them

I’m dislike – I dislike 

SH is very crowded / there is a huge crowd on the street

Pronunciation

familiar – fam mil lee yer 

experience – ecks peer ree yenss