F2F Class Notes (Ben) [S]

Grammar

exhausting = 令人筋疲力尽
I was exhausted.

How long was the class that she booked?

In the past time today –>
So far……. today
I have had 2 classes today so far.
So far I have had 3 meetings today.
You are my second student today so far.

There are total 4 student for you. –>

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have / had / (have) had
I have had many problems in my life. CLEAR TIME
I had many problems yesterday. UNCLEAR TIME

eat / ate / (have) eaten
I have eaten dog before. UNCLEAR TIME
I ate dog when I was in Zhejiang. CLEAR TIME

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Some words can create a confusion if they are at the beginning, so you usually put them at the end:
Before I was poor, I was pretty rich. 我有钱以前很穷
Before, I was poor 我以前很穷. = confusing –> I was poor before.

AGO = you need a number
Two years ago, I lived in Africa.
The boss arrived here 30 minutes ago.

Exception: A long long time ago, there was a prince and he fought many dragons and married a beautiful princess.
He came here a while ago.

FOR = for a length of time
I have lived in Shanghai for 5 years
Please hurry up, I have been waiting for a while already.

I lived in the US for 3 years.  –> TIME IS CLEAR = it’s finished. I now live in China.
I have lived in the US for 3 years. –> TIME IS UNCLEAR = it’s not finished. I still live in the US.

arrive at/in
I arrived in Shanghai 2 years ago.
I arrived at the airport on time.
Where are you? I have arrived.

my = 特定，there is only one
That’s my daughter (you only have one daughter)
I went to see a movie with my friend = I have only one friend.

I finished my workday of the week = I only work one day a week.

I slept for 8 hours, I waked up at 7 o’clock. After my changing my daughter’s nap, I drove to shuttle bus sport by electric bicycle for half-hour.

Then I tooked my shuttle bus on time and it took 20 minutes to arrive company.

For 8 hours, I finished my working day of this week.
When I realized today’s work was over, I had a rest for one hour in the metro.

Then I have arrived Jingan Temple’s sport for 15 minutes. That’s all.

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I slept for 8 hours, I woke up at 7 o’clock. After changing my daughter’s nappy (diaper), I drove to our shuttle bus spot by electric bicycle for half an hour.

Then I took my shuttle bus on time and it took 20 minutes to arrive at our company.

After being busy for 8 hours, I finished the last workday of the week.
(=After 8 hours of work, I finished the week.)

When I realized today’s work was over, I had a rest for one hour in the metro.

So far I have been in Jingan Temple’s spot for 50 minutes. That’s all.

Pronunciation

sport

spot