F2F Class Notes December 5th (Ben)

Vocabulary

随便 casually

We can speak casually


interesting 有意思的

This article is very interesting, I learned a lot from it.

  • Was it interesting?
  • Yes, it was.

check 检查

为了你和大家的安全,请接受安全检查

For your security and everyone else’s, please accept security checks.


校对 proofread -> behaves the same way as read / read / read

Today I proofread blueprints with a mechanical engineer.


How did it go? 结果,怎么样?


a mall 大商场

Grammar

relative clauses 从句

people who

places where

people WHO make-up in the subway

  • What was the article about?
  • The article was about women who make-up in the subway in Japan.

take / took / taken

  • How long did it take?
  • It took 2 hours. (no “for“)

Pronunciation

Japan = ju – PAN

an assistant = a = SIS – tent

a component = com – PO – nent

Speaking exercise

I don’t know why the article said that.

Corrections

  • How long did it take?
  • It take for 2 hours –> It took 2 hours

/!\ take –> no “for