F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Write a short story with today’s words and grammar rules.

This article is about coffee drinkers may live longer or not. Some expert think it can lower the risk of death for the people who drinks 3 cups of coffee or above each day, and the opposite opinions think it’s too dangerous to drink too much coffee. From my opinion, I think the effect of coffee varies with different induviduals. You should not drink coffee if you have panic attacks, heart problems or insomnia, but if not, you can just drink it as a normal drinking, like cola or sparkling water.

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This article is about whether coffee drinkers can live longer (or not).

Some experts think drinking 3 cups of coffee or above each day can lower the risk of death for the people who , but others think it’s too dangerous to drink too much coffee.

In my view, I think the effect of coffee varies for different individuals.

You should not drink coffee if you have panic attacks, heart problems or insomnia. But if you don’t have any, you can just drink it as a normal drink, like cola or sparkling water.

Vocabulary

a scooter = an electric bicycle

a summer cold = a cold you catch in summer because it’s too hot

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raise something / lower something
Please raise the temperature and lower the sound

Grammar

The AC doesn’t work. Even it on, the temperature 30 to 32. –>
The AC doesn’t work. Even if it is on, the temperature stays between 30 and 32. –>

My boss help us to buy some ice to down the temperature. –>
My boss bought some ice to lower the temperature for us.

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Even = 甚至
Even if = 即使
Even though = 虽然

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from A to B
It takes 5 hours from Shanghai to Beijing.
I was in Birmingham from 2012 to 2014.

between A and B
My cat sleeps between my husband and me.

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START YOUR RELATIVE CLAUSES 从句 WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS:

• that
• who
• why
• how
• when
• where
• whether
• which
• whose

是否 whether
I don’t know whether/if it will rain tomorrow (or not).

(don’t start a sentence with ‘if’ as it means 如果)
If I go will depend on the weather. –>
Whether I go will depend on the weather.

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If a verb is a subject or object 主语，宾语 you have to add -ing

I shop every weekend.
->I like shopping.
->Shopping is fun.