F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Grammar

• It’s 900 RMB
• What is this the price of?
• This is the price of a desk every month / for a month.

Pronunciation

a – chieve – mentS

I have an important meeting at the end of the month about the new plan next financial year.

You know July is the last month of our financial year so usually we will have an important meeting.

In the meeting we will do some review of our achievements and areas of improvement in the year and this meeting will be in Yunnan province, so it is kind of a trip.

We have 2 days to travel, but I don’t think we can travel around the city.

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I will be having an important meeting at the end of the month about the new plan for (the) next financial year.

You know, July is the last month of our financial year so we usually have an important meeting around this time of the year.

In the meeting we will be reviewing our most significant achievements and areas of improvement in the past year.

Also, this meeting will be held in Yunnan province, so it is going to be kind of a trip.

We have 2 days to travel, but I don’t think we will have the time/we are going to have the time to travel around the city.

Grammar

For something in the future that is already planned, you can use “be -ing”
Tomorrow, I will be swimming.
Next year, I will be studying abroad.

Adverbs of frequency are often after the subject
I always go to bed before 12.
I often run in the evening
You sometimes tend to speak fast.
He seldom comes to Shanghai.
I never spend more than what I have.

Exceptions: can, could, will, would, shall, should
I can always find a solution.
I would often run if I had the time.
You should sometimes think before you act.
He could seldom work out and still be healthy.
I will never do that.

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I WILL = organised, planned, fixed, hardly-negotiable
I AM GOING TO = more spontaneous, closer to feelings

I will go to work at 8 tomorrow.
I feel a bit tired. I am going to rest for a while.

“I think, I feel” are almost always used with “going to”
I think I will have a rest now –>
I think I am going to have a rest now.

I feel we will have fun tonight –>
I feel we are going to have fun tonight.

It’s a bit late. I think I will leave –>
It’s a bit late. I think I am going to leave

I’m so sick. I will throw up –>
I’m so sick. I am going to throw up.

In spoken English, going to = gonna

I’m gonna throw up.
Careful, he’s gonna be angry.
Shush ! The baby is gonna wake up!
Shut up or I’m gonna hit you !

Note : none of these things are planned