F2F Class Notes (Cricket)[S]

Vocabulary

variety– pinzhong-

eg. I expect to see a lot of variety when I go to a botanical garden.

Five days ago I went to my hometown because I had three days off for the Dragon Boat Festival. I asked two more days. Totally I had five days. I was busier than normal workday. That’s because I visited my families and we also went out together.During the festival we went to many places the fist day we went to the seaside and the weather was very hot. I felt summer was coming quickly. And then the second day  we went to a vegetable/(botanical, greenhouse) where there was a lot of vegetables and plants but I didn’t like this place because there was little variety. This was not my expectation. There was a beautiful place with a lot of flowers. I shoot photograph there with my mother. The pictures were very nice and my friends liked them very much. I went to my grandma’s lunch together with my extended family. My nephew grew very quickly. he was still very cute and clever. My cousin is five years old and my nephew is three years old. Although my cousin was little he had already been my nephew’s cousin.

Five days ago I went to my hometown because I had three days off for the Dragon Boat Festival. I asked for two more days off.  I had five days off in total.  I was busier than a normal workweek. That’s because I visited my family and we also went out together. ( I visited both sides of my family.)During the festival we went to many places. The first day we went to the seaside and the weather was very hot. It felt like summer was coming quickly.  The second day  we went to a vegetable/(botanical, greenhouse) where there was a lot of vegetables and plants. But I didn’t like this place because there was little variety. It didn’t meet my expectations. It was a beautiful place with a lot of flowers. I shot photographs there with my mother. The pictures were very nice and my friends liked them very much. I went to my grandma’s house to have lunch together with my extended family. My nephew had  grown up very quickly. He was still very cute and clever. My cousin is five years old and my nephew is three years old. Although my cousin is young he already has a nephew.

Grammar

I had a total of ___ days off.

In total I had ___ days off.

totally=completely

A: It is so hot!

B: Totally!

I visited my father’s side of the family.

Summer is just around the corner.(native)

Pronunciation

rarely– rare-lee no ‘e’ sound in the first syllable