F2F Class Notes (maddie)

Next Class Focus

  1. use past tense to describe an event that happened in the past
  2. pronunciation of common words including “stay”

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.
  1. think of 5 words to describe the landscape of England
  2. write a short composition(less than 150 words) about your travels in macau.

corona virus / pandemic

Speaking exercise

*trip to Britain*
what did you eat?
i think their food was not good. hamburgers and soup – actually i wanted to eat hot/warm food but
their food is was all cold
i went to a restaurant with my friend it was so expensive we spent 40 pounds on a lobster (龙虾)
and i gave a tip of 10%.

i went to the british museum – i saw egyptian mummies. first i took a bus there by myself
but they didnt open the room with chinese antiques(古董).

we went shopping – i bought a trenchcoat and my friends went to a luxury department store.
she bought a watch and a necklace (项链). it is very expensive – i remember it spent cost
one hundred thousand.

it’s not everyone’s style.

feminine = related to women/girls 女性化的

girly

masculine = related to men

what else did you do in london?
i just stayed in london for 2 days then  i went to edinburg by airplane. i went to a
castle.

we went to see a lake but there was an accident on the road so we didn’t go

Pronunciation

lake, stay: leik, stei

Speaking exercise

but we saw many scottish villages. beautiful house and small bridges. we eat ate fish and chips.
and saw many sheep/goats. they were eating grass.

then we came back to london. actually i had a fight with my friend. before we started travelling,
we should take have made a plan but she didnt. i did everything.
she said i order  the hotel 
she said the hotel i booked was not good,
because the room was too small and not clean enough

the second last day we were supposed to go to/visit oxford, but we got up late and missed the bus
to go there.

we argued again then she went back to the hotel, and i just walked around. after a while, i did not know
where to go so i just got on the subway (metro), and arrived at a train station. i just stayed in the departure hall
for 2 hours

travelling together is a way to test your love/tolerance for each other

now we rarely contact each other

dominant: to dictate in all situations

she’s a dominant person and asked me to do all the work

i didn’t know her very well until i travelled with her.

i think she’s an outgoing girl, she’s good at socialising. those are her advantages

he’s not fully recovered

Pronunciation

dangerous /deinzheres/

so i couldnt go to japan.

in 2015, i went to macau.

i just went in to have a look