F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Talk about one of the problems that one of your students has. Use the grammar in red from today.

Vocabulary

competition – bi sai

race – speed competition

match – skill competition

game – sport competition

the river’s name is suzhou river

today is very hot

he’s at the cafe

sunbathing – n / v – sitting in the sun
eg. he’s sunbathing in the cafe

Pronunciation

dry – drai

bathe – v – bayth

bath – n – barth

george – jorj 

pick sb up
I pick my father up from the restaurant to go home .
take sb somewhere
I take my friends to the shopping-mall .
accent
Everyone has a different accent like my father. He has a strong accent when he speaks Mandarin .
northern
I don’t like northern weather because the air there is dry and very cold .
southern
I like southern food actually I like every city‘s food. Different cities have different local food so I like it.
eastern
Eastern weather is very hot but I like it. My province belongs to the south but my home city is located in the south east.
western
Compared to the food in the west I like the environment and architecture there a lot.
licence plate
I don’t have a drivers license so I can’t drive a car
dialect
There are many different dialects spoken in China. Each generation is passing on this dialect to the next.
mandarin
Nowadays in China many elderly people can speak Mandarin very well including foreigners

Grammar

compared to most girls, you are tall.
compared to tea, i like coffee a lot
I like coffee a lot, compared to how much I like tea.

I have sth < > I don’t have sth
I have done sth < > I haven’t done sth 

the zong zi is hot
the zong zi there is hot

the air there is dry 

the students at Smart English are good
the students here are good