F2F Class Notes March 10th (Ben)

Vocabulary

a magnolia 玉兰花

fade 凋谢

I bought a magnolia this morning but it has faded.

show = let someone see something 给某人看

Show me your phone !

desktop 桌面

layout 布局

practical 实用的

My desktop layout is full of apps. It’s very practical !

a passport 护照

reception 前台

a receptionist 前台的人员

a contract 合同

I gave my passport and the contract to the receptionist at the reception.

We will see 接下来看

Grammar

drive / drove / driven

take / took / taken

Original

At first l plan travel to Zhangjiajie on March,I want to eat local food and play the famous glass bridge. Although it’s scare but l want to play. But my boyfriend has no time,he always busy. He’s job has no holiday. In China have a important festival—-New Year if busy he can’t ask for leave. Because his job we haven’t a lot of time to play together. But it’s ok,I really prefer to travel with my boyfriend because he always indulge me like my father,I want something if he has enough money he will buy for me.

Edited version

At first I plan to travel to Zhangjiajie in March, I want to eat local food and cross the famous glass bridge. Although it’s scary but l want to cross it. But my boyfriend has no time, he is always busy. His job has no holiday. In China there is an important festival: the New Year. If he is busy, he can’t ask for leave.

Because of his job, we don’t have a lot of time to play together. But it’s ok, I really prefer to travel with my boyfriend because he always indulges me like my father.

When I want something, if he has enough money he will buy it for me.

I plan to have 3 children.

I plan to go to Changsha this summer.

in + big periods of time

in summer, in 2017, in March, in winter, in spring 2018

有 = There is –> There was

Because of + 名词

Because of the rain, I stayed home. I’m poor because of you ! I’m busy because of work.

名词:

我有 I have –> I have a good teacher. I have time. I have a lot of friends in Shanghai.

我没有 I don’t have –> I don’t have time. I don’t have any iPhone. He doesn’t have any time.