F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Vocabulary

refill
In the US, McDonalds have free refills.

Grammar

IKEA provides this service for a long time.
IKEA has provided… 

Their coffee is good-tasted / better compared to McDonalds coffee.
Their coffee tastes better than McDonald’s.

Is there coffee at IKEA? Yes, it is.
Yes, there is

Although IKEA restaurant hasn’t cafeteria, it also provide the service of refill.
Although IKEA restaurants don’t have cafeterias, they still offer refills.

They will not provide this service anymore

People is friendly
People are friendly

I don’t love you anymore = I used to love you, but now I don’t


without too many 
You should be able to find the elevator without too many problems.
I want to live without too many troubles.
Now, you can buy a phone without spending too much money.

leave A for B
When I got accepted in a business school, I left my hometown for Shanghai.
His wife left him for his best friend !

Writing exercise

I have a great dream. I wanna live in Thailand after my retiring
That is one of important reasons why I decide to keep learning English , another reason is that I need to be an native-language learner to deal with my work and communicate my colleagues without few barrier
To live in Thailand for a long time should be an amazing experience , so far , I have been to Thailand twice and I had my first vacation in Thailand at Koh Samui in 2013 , and the other one was at Bangkok and Chiangmai. They gave me many precious memories. Now I have planed the third to be there , I will leave Shanghai to Chiang lai in Jan 10 next year ,it will last 7 days so I will also go to Chiangmai and Lampang . Even though I have made a good plan , I still hope there have been some extra pleasant supervises during whole trip
There is a biggest difference between Thailands and Chinese, they don’t want to keep fast life-step rather keep slow life –step to be easily satisfied everyday. Compared to Thailands , we have already forgotten what is the real meaning for our life . The fact is so awful ,and for us it would be life-shortening

I have a great dream. I wanna live in Thailand when I retire.
That is one of important reason why I decide to keep learning English. Another reason is that I need to be a good speaker to deal with my work and communicate with my colleagues without too many barriers.

To live in Thailand for a long time should be an amazing experience. So far, I have been to Thailand twice and I had my first vacation in Thailand at Koh Samui in 2013, and my second one was in Bangkok and Chiangmai. They gave me many precious memories. Now I have planned a third trip to be there.

I will leave Shanghai for Chiang Lai on January 10 next year. It will last 7 days so I will also go to Chiangmai and Lampang. Even though I have made a good plan, I still hope there are some extra pleasant surprises during the whole trip.

There is a big difference between Thais and Chinese people. They don’t want a fast-paced life. They rather choose a slow pace to be easily satisfied everyday. Compared to Thais , we have already forgotten what the real meaning of life is. This is so awful and for us it can be life-shortening.