F2F Class Notes _4th May (Harmony)

Original:

I went on a trip with my friend, who is planning to go to/to travel to/to visit Eastern Europe in October with me. This was my first time going to Sri Lanka. SL is a small and beautiful country that has few people. SL is a beautiful island/ is surrounded by the beautiful sea and we took the sea train. It was a wonderful/an amazing and exciting/thrilling experience. We took the train from the capital of SL to a southern sea town.

The train ran slowly while I was watching the sea, and enjoying it.  I haven’t experienced anything like this before.  I think maybe I don’t won’t have this experience ever again.  The town we arrived at was very poor and small.  But our hotel was clean and comfortable, we stayed on the first floor/ on the ground floor and in the morning when we opened the windows we could see the sea and sunshine.

After breakfast we walked along the seaside and took a lot of photos.  I think that’s a good memory/ I think that’s my favorite memory from that trip.  We also went to wild animal reserve to visit wildlife.  Although we didn’t find any animals, besides elephants, we felt happy and excited.  SL is a simple and a poor country/SL is a very poor country, but most of products are expensive than Thailand.  And the seafood was not fresh but it also very expensive.  During the trip we made a lot of friends from different cities of China.  We played together and got much fun.  Before we arrived Shanghai we exchanged wechat.  I think friendship is very important in our lives.

Re – Edit:

I went on a trip with my friend, who is planning to go to/to travel to/to visit Eastern Europe in October with me. We are interested in travelling and this was the fourth time we have travelled together.  For me, SL was quite strange and this was my first time going to this country. It is a small and beautiful country that has few people, and it is surrounded by the beautiful sea.

It has a very beautiful sea train and we took it from Kuala Lumpur to a southern sea town.  It was a wonderful and thrilling experience and I think it is my favorite memory from this trip.

The train ran slowly while I was watching the sea, and enjoying it.  I haven’t experienced anything like this before.  I think maybe I don’t won’t have this experience ever again.  The town we arrived at was very poor and small.  But our hotel was clean and comfortable, we stayed on the first floor/ on the ground floor and in the morning we got up early to open the windows to see the sea and sunshine.  We stayed at the hotel for 3 nights, every day after breakfast we walked along the seaside and took heaps/many/ piles/ lots of photos.  In the afternoon we swam, played games, and went to the spa together.   In the evening while we drank, we talked about everything and looked for stars in the sky.  We enjoyed everything we had done. 

One day we went to a wild animal reserve to visit wildlife.  Although we didn’t find any animals, besides elephants, we felt happy and excited.  The weather was too hot, so maybe the other animals were sleeping the whole time/ the whole day.

SL is a very poor country, but most of products are more expensive than in Thailand.  For example, the seafood was not fresh or yummy but it was very expensive.  In Thailand I bought a lot of souvenirs, but in SL I only bought a few. 

We had 7 days in SL, during the trip we made a great deal of friends from different cities of China.  We stayed and played together and had lots of fun.  Before we arrived in Shanghai we exchanged WeChat’s.  I think friendship is very important, and we will remember each other for our whole lives. 

Paragraph:  a way to separate stories/ writing into different thoughts or different topics.

“Going to the country” = we think of getting out of the city.

Going to a country/ a different country = leaving china.

Pile:  a stack of something, or a large number of something.

Ex:  After folding the laundry I will make piles based on each family members clothes.

Ex:  We took piles of photos.

Heap:  things placed in an unorganized pile.  (informally means lots of)

Ex:  We took heaps of photos.

Choice (verb):  I will choose/ I chose/ I made a choice/ I will make a choice/ I had chosen this

Function:  something’s purpose, what it’s designed for.

Ex:  The vacuums function is to clean the floor.

Aim:  goal/ target.

Ex:  When I vacuum, my aim is to make sure the floor is clean.