F2F Class Notes April 21st (Ben)

Grammar

The Shanghai Car Expo takes place every 2 years.

It begins from A to B –> It begins on A / It goes from A to B

The Shanghai Auto Expo goes from the 17th to the 23rd.

my friend have –> my friend has

every brands have –> every brand has

every + 单数

every day, every time, every hour, every month, every person, every country

I have been there every time. (每次都去过) since 2009.

The first expo was in 2009, the next one was in 2011, the one after that was in 2013, the next one was in 2015 and now, the expo is this year.

different from + something

I am different from you.

Apples are different from oranges.

Seeing is different from trying.

Going online is different from being on the spot 在现场

Vocabulary

the press = 传媒，媒体

a scale 规模

It’ s big-scale expo. There are 8 exhibition halls 展馆

whatever floats your boat = used to say you can accept that someone likes an idea that you don’t like

I would never go to the Car Expo in a million years, but, hey, whatever floats your boat.