F2F Class Notes 30th March (Tony) [W]

Use this structure to express a limited amount of something.

You can only build so many roads.

There are only so many doctors in the world.

There are only so many jobs in Shanghai.

I’m unwilling to drive to work.    I’d rather not drive to work.

Grammar

problems is are

I have been a driver for ten years.

I am a driver for ten years.   (Grammar conflict) the tense used describes something as present simple, which means it is Usually or Always.

You need to use grammar which describes an action that happened and is still affecting the present.

I’ve been working in Shanghai all my life.

Original –

Two days ago, I heard a terrible news from TV that an 11-year old boy died and he was curled into a trye by a coach bus, when he was riding on an OFO sharing bike. I felt rather grieved because I am a mother of two kids and I could imagine the boy’s parents mood when they are told the accident. Some people accuse the bike sharing company should conduct stricter measures to keep the kids from riding the sharing bikes. However, I still want to blame this couple for they ignore the safety problem for a young child riding on a dangerous motor road,without parents’ acompany. And the law also restrict child under 12 years old to ride a adult-use bike on the road. As parents, we should consider the safety influences for our children in the prime.

Correction –

Two days ago, I heard some terrible news on TV that an 11-year old boy died. He was ran over by a coach bus when he was riding an OFO sharing bike. I felt rather sad because I am a mother of two kids and I could imagine how sad his parents must be when they were told about the accident. Some people accuse the bike sharing company of not conducting stricter measures to keep kids from riding the sharing bikes. However,I think some of the blame is on the parents. Because they ignored the safety problems of a young child riding on a dangerous road, without parents’ supervision. And the law also restricts children under 12 years old to ride an adult-use bike on the road. As parents, we should primarily consider the safety issues for our children, rather than the convenience for them.

Describe your wedding,

give details about:

how many people,

what did you do,

where was it,

how long did it last,

what was the atmosphere like?