F2F Class Notes 3rd July (Jesse)

today is hot day – today is a hot day

today is hot / it is hot today / the weather is hot today 

humid – h you mid – chao shi de tian qi

wet – shi

dry – gan

zhejiang weather is the same as shanghai. They are both wet all the time.

sydney, zhejiang, and shanghai are all wet.

although / but 
eg. although i am tired, i can still have class today.
eg2. I am tired, but I can still have class today.

still – hai
eg. I still want to go out today.
eg2. although today is cold, I want to still eat ice cream

to do
I want to drink coffee

for sth
Jesse comes to school for Penny.
Jesse comes to school to work for Penny

dai ti – replace (v) / instead of (adv)
eg. I will have tea instead of coffee
eg2. I will have tea to replace coffee / I will have tea because I don’t want coffee now.

I go to school every day
I arrive at school
i arrive in shanghai

I go to school because I study English
I go to school to study English

2:00 – 2 oclock / 2PM / 2
2:10 – 2 10 / 10 past 2
2:15 – 2 15 / a quarter past 2
2:20 – 2 20 / 20 past 2
2:30 – 2 30 / half past 2
2:40 – 2 40 / 20 to 3
2:45 – 2 45 / a quarter to 3
2:50 – 2 50 /  10 to 3
eg. today I got up at 9 and I will get home at 8.

Always put “how many?” or “which one” before the noun (ming ci)
I am a student
I am an eight year old boy
There are many students
There is your student

I am from ningbo city which is in zhejiang province which is in china
I am from ningbo city. Ningbo city is in zhejiang province. Zhe jiang province is in China.
I am from Zhejiang province, China.
I am from Sydney, Australia. 

Penny: I’m an 18 year old student from Zhejiang, China, studying English for university in Changning temple in September.
Jesse: I’m a 31 year old English from Sydney, Australia, teaching English for Chinese students in Shanghai, China.