F2F Class Notes 16th January (Jesse)

Vocabulary

elixir – magic water
eg. water is the elixir of life

i have went to home for 3 times – i have been home 3 times 

my younger brother / my little brother
my older brother / my big brother 

how to speak it … – how do I say it? 

she has given up on me + in terms of / regarding getting married

I’m good …. in terms of cooking

people tend / often / generally to stay single

their life is bad – they have a bad life 

taste = kou wei / ping wei
eg. green is not to my taste / my taste in clothes is different to other westerners / this food is not to my taste

“if men can be loyal then pigs can fly”

Grammar

PASSIVE SENTENCES

Now happening 
I am drinking this water
the water is being drunk by me

Past
I drank the water
the water was drunk by me

Past happening
I was drinking the water
the water was being drunk by me

Future
I will drink the water
The water will be drunk by me

the photo describes something which / that happened in a restaurant
the photo is of a restaurant