Demo Class Notes (Sika – Ally)

Sika

– is very interesting and has a lot of different jobs: photographer/event planner/advertising/chef … Is OK with simple short sentences, but needs to work on more complex grammar. Good at listening, but needs to work on vocabulary, complex grammar, expression of ideas/opinion. 

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F2F: 2

Writing: 2

Vocabulary

sitcom: 情景喜剧
ie. Modern Family

cooker: machine/appliance that cooks

chef: you

advertising: 广告

event planner: 活动策划人; 事件策划人

exquisite: 精致

sanitary: 卫生的

differentiate: tell the difference

expression: look

punctual: on time, take timing very seriously, never late

budget: 预算

variety show：杂耍

Grammar

1 verb per idea
-> to +verb , or verb+ing
ie. To be the biggest internet celebrity is(action verb) hard work.
ie. Being the biggest internet celebrity is(action verb) hard work.

ed vs ing
ie. I am inspired by the inspiring/inspirational movie.
ie. Ally is bored. (Right now, ally feels bored, she has nothing to do)
ie. Ally is boring. (Generally, Ally is a boring person all the time)
ie. Ally is amazed. (Ally is surprised right now, in a state of amazement, by something else)
ie. Ally is amazing. (Ally is a great person, she’s good at lots of things…)

will -> specific future tense

come/go -> always depends on where you are right now when you are speaking

past tense, future tense, ing … -> all actions/events, add some kind of verb tense
present simple tense -> for all general information

using sentence for adj
ie. Ally is a punctual person.
ie. Ally is a person who doesn’t like to be late/who is always on time.

I’m born in SH
I was born(one time action) in SH
I’m from SH (general info)
I’m a local Shanghainese (general info)

do/have -> no info

I do my job in HZ, but I back to SH in the weekend
I work in HZ, but I come back to SH in the weekends
I’m back in SH for the weekends

If you feel so noisy, you will be mad. Your look will be twisted.
If you hear/have to listen to all the noise, you would be mad. Your look would be twisted.

Tell me about your favourite travel experience

I went to India with her. It’s a noisy place but the people in India they look so peace. It’s weird but it’s really inspired. The food is really good. You have to … if it’s sanitary. You need to try to avoid the food on the street, maybe you should always go to some restaurant maybe looks cleaner. If you want to try some really local food, maybe you should ask someone…

Edited:

I went to India with her. It’s a noisy place but the people in India look so peaceful/look so normal/carry on their lives as normal/are not annoyed at all. It’s weird but it’s really inspiring/inspirational. The food is really good. You have to differentiate between the clean and the unsanitary food… if it’s sanitary. You need to try to avoid the food on the street/street food, maybe you should always go to restaurants that look cleaner. If you want to try some really local food, maybe you should ask someone…

the project which we make… we need them can offer some shows …
a project which we had/a project we planned… we need them to offer some shows …

here’s my plan in the whole year. In the Spring Festival, we need some activities like juggling … Maybe you can invite some artists/musicians to make music. And you can offer me your budget of the whole things. You can tell me how you think about the price of the ticket.

Here’s my plan for the whole year. In the Spring Festival, we want some activities like juggling … Maybe you can invite some musicians to make music/to make it/turn the whole thing into a musical event. And you can offer me your budget for the whole event/for everything. You can also tell me how you think about the price of the ticket./You can also give me your opinion/idea on the price of the tickets.

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