F2F Class Notes 15th October (Jesse)

How are you? not bad / pretty good / great 

business trip – travel for work
eg. my dad is on a business trip

I took a trip to America = I travelled to America 

he took a trip to Beijing for business 

yuan ying – reason
eg. I have no reason to go to beijing 

I come here to study English

string = xian (clothing) 

wire = xian (ya xian) 

braces – ya tao
eg. I got my braces in March and every 3 months 

in september my dad took me to the dentist to put the braces on again.

It should be – ta ying gai shi 

huan – change
eg. I will go to the dentist because I will change the wire on my teeth. 

put on < > take off
eg. they said my teeth are ok so I should take the braces off
eg2. put clothes on and then take clothes off 

i went to hangzhou to visit my grandparents which was fun because I played a lot of things with my cousin who is my father’s little sister’s daughter.