F2F Class Notes April 17th (Ben)
Homework : write a short text with the words and expressions hereunder
Vocabulary
an illustration 插画
an illustrator 插画师
narrow / wide = 窄 / 广
The streets in Hong Kong are very narrow.
shortsighted = 近视的
I wear glasses because I am shortsighted.
What is your eye correction?
My correction is 3.25 on the left and 3.75 on the right.
glasses 眼镜
If you are shortsighted, why don’t you wear glasses?
Because I didn’t buy any (glasses).
afraid of
I was afraid of deep water when I was younger.
Grammar
In English, the 2nd verb is always infinitive. 第二个动词是不定时的
I can swim. –> I could swim.
I didn’t drink.
When I was a child, I would go to school everyday.
I didn’t learn English last year.
(Exception 例外: have & be — I have drunk, I have tried, I have gone, I am drunk, I was fired, I was lost)
I don’t bought –> I didn’t buy.
buy / bought / bought
我买 I buy –> 我不买 I don’t buy
我买了I bought –> 我没买 I didn’t buy
I didn’t go. I didn’t buy. I didn’t try.
He didn’t have breakfast. He didn’t tell me, so I didn’t know !
数字+ 形容词
I am 3 years old.
She is taller than me. She is 1.75 meters tall.
She wears 42-size shoes. Her feet are bigger than normal girls’ (feet).
Pronunciation
illustration = i – lus – TRA -tion
daughter = DO – dur
towel 毛巾 = TA- wul
tower 塔
tall = TOL
weigh =
wear = where
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