F2F Class Notes 18th March (Tony)

Vocabulary

He was afraid that we would be late

from my memory – from what I remember/    I remember

for 6 months (total time)

philosopher – zhexuejia

eg: “Laozi and Confucious (Kongzi)

taoism – daojiao the religion or philosophy that laozi created

eg: “Laozi founded Taoism in China.”

religion – zongjiao, Christian(Jesus), Muslim(Allah), Buddhist(Buddha)

eg: “Religion is a powerful thing for many people.”

cult – a group that believes some crazy things, religious group

eg: “China doesn’t like cults, so they kicked out Fa Lun Gong.”

fluent – liuli, can speak a foreign language perfectly

eg: “Is he fluent in Chinese?” “No, I’m not fluent in French.”

Grammar

Past Participle

How are you? (Right now)

How have you been? (from anytime in the past until now)

I have been living in Shanghai for 10 years.

Present simple

I usually come here on weekdays

I come here on weekdays.  (you don’t need to say usually because the grammar already explains it)