F2F Class Notes 28th April (Raph)

Vocabulary

Advertisement (v): 1- a picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service, or a piece of text that tells people about a job, etc..
E.g.: She saw a job advertisement in the newspaper.

Master’s Degree (n): 1- a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study. 2- 硕士
E.g.:  I have a master’s degree in Biology.

Grammar

(Original – Edied)

How many costs a lesson? – How much does a lesson cost?

Original:

Yesterday I started to write about my first impressions of living in Shanghai and today I would like to continue with this. I cannot say that I know this country very well, I live here since February, but I can have my opinion about China and people living here. What I really like is, that people do a lot activities together – they dance on the streets, play chess in the parks or sing for other people. Older people live very active, and that’s why they seem so young. I really appreciate, that I feel in Shanghai very safe, also in other places. There are cameras and police everywhere. On the other side I have to be aware of crossing the streets – I risk my life almost every day with cars, motorbikes or bikes, that don’t care about pedestrians. The last thing but not the least is behavior to nature. Public parks or streets are perfect, everything seems very clean, but on the other hand we saw a very beautiful places (forests, mountains, also zoo in Shanghai) with garbage everywhere.

Edited:

Yesterday I started writing about my first impressions of living in Shanghai and today I would like to continue with this. I cannot say that I know this country very well, as I’ve only been living here since February, but I can have my opinion about China and people living here. I really like that people do a lot activities together – they dance on the streets, play chess in the parks or sing for other people. Older people live very actively, and that’s why they seem so young. I really appreciate that I feel very safe in Shanghai and in other places in China. There are cameras and policemen everywhere. Still, I have to be aware while crossing the streets – I risk my life almost every day with cars, motorbikes or bikes that don’t care about pedestrians. Last but not least is people’s behavior towards nature. Public parks and streets are perfect, everything seems very clean, but on the other hand we saw a very beautiful places (forests, mountains, and even Shanghai zoo) with garbage everywhere.