Demo Class Notes (Ai Ai – Georges / Tony / Jesse)
Vocabulary
Gambling- When you play a game of chance to try and win money.
e.g. I don’t really like gambling so when I went to Las Vegas, I felt very bored.
Beginner’s Luck- When you start to win many times at something new.
e.g. When I went to play golf for the first time and scored, it was just beginner’s luck.
Addiction- If something you do, you feel like you can’t stop, it’s an addiction.
e.g. Gambling addictions are very common, and many people end up losing their homes.
Grammar
Last year, I go to India– I went to India
Pronunciation
Farench – Frien-tsch
Vienna- Vee-eh-nah
Speaking exercise
Original
We went to Farench home is near around alp mountain in France so we went to three times to hiking around the mont blanc and we also went to bicycling around mont blanc, it was really great, nice weather, very beautiful. three weeks, this time only stay around moutain. A lot of cheese, bread, saucisson, and a lot of fruit. Fruit, a little cheese, we ate some fresh fish, in lemon lake around Geneva. For beginning I don’t want to go, but we had to, so when I’m there, many things are really different, as im not speak very well english, os communication is very difficult, they have a strong accent when speak english, so many times when I want something they don’t understand. But there, no, even you can buy, you cannot find. We stayed in an area for rich people, they have a restaurant.
Corrected
We went to France, and we have a home near OR around the Alps so we went hiking three times around Mont Blanc and we also went bicycling, it was really great, nice weather, it was very beautiful. three weeks, this time we only stayed around the moutain. A lot of cheese, bread, sausages, and a lot of fruit. Fruit, a little cheese, we ate some fresh fish, in lemon lake around Geneva. At the beginning, I didn’t want to go, but we had to, so when I was there, many things are really different, as i didn’t/don’t speak English very well, so communication is very difficult, they have a strong accent when they speak english, so many times when I want something they don’t understand. But there, no, even you can buy something, you cannot find it. We stayed in an area for rich people, they have a restaurant.
Vocabulary
I was a manager.
What is one word to describe people who are not from this Country?
I want to talk with foreigners.
I want to talk with my international friends. (People who travel a lot)
I little farther out.
Liaison – the person who connects two groups of people together.
eg: I can be your language liaison, haha.
Grammar
I am work… – I am working.
now I’m not work. – [ Now I don’t work. / Now I’m not working. ]
[ Jesse is the husband of Judy / Jesse is Judy’s husband. ]
Ai ai is Damien’s wife.
Articles: A, An, The
eg: I go to bathroom. – I go to the bathroom. (The bathroom nearby)
eg: I went to store. I went to the store. (probably the store nearby, WE KNOW.)
Speaking exercise
Present Simple – Things that you USUALLY, OFTEN, ALWAYS or SOMETIMES do.
eg: I wake up at 9am. Than I read some news for a while before I eat breakfast.
He/She/it + V. + s
eg: He eats lunch at 1pm.
eg: It looks like rain today.
Tell me about things you usually do:
I wake up at 6 clock hen I make breakfast for my son. use like 20 minutes ao around 6 o clock20 my son he eat his breakfast, then I go to bathroom for wash myself, or for take a shower. And at 7 o clock we go out to the school bus. And after that I go back home for eat my breakfast and then after my breakfast I do something at home, and at 9 o clock morning I go to Gym for one hour at gym. Every week I meet some friends. I meet them at our home or restaurant.
I wake up at 6 am. clock Then I make breakfast for my son, it takes use like 20 minutes, so around 6:20 o clock 20 my son he eats his breakfast, then I go to the bathroom to clean up, or take a shower. And at 7 o’ clock we go out to the school bus. And after that I go back home to eat my breakfast and then after my breakfast I have time to do something at home, and at 9 in the morning I go to the Gym for one hour at gym. Every week I meet some friends I meet them at our home or a restaurant.
Pronunciation
Fourteen – forT teeN
Forty – for-Deeee
client – Klai Ents
Go to the – Goduhh Thu
talk to the – Taak T’ thu
i have a friend who is fat.
i have a home which is big
i just bought a house which makes me very happy
we mixed them when we speak
go to do – reason you go
go doing – an outdoor activity
i’m going to go to the cinema / I will go to the cinema = planning
we went to a place / we traveled / we took a trip to / we went on holidays / we went to ___ on business
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