F2F Class Notes (Tanya) [w]

Vocabulary

function – what something does, the utility

e.g. The function of x-ray machines is to take x-rays.

e.g. One of a bike’s functions is to maintain health through exercise. A bike’s main function is to transport us to wherever we want to go.

to transport – to go from one place to another

wanna – want to – wants to 

Vietnam – 越南

e.g. The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi.

ridiculous – rubbish, crazy, stupid, laughable (in a bad way)

e.g. When something doesn’t make sense, it’s ridiculous.

e.g. Spring Airlines has ridiculous flight prices. They seem very cheap, but you still have to add taxes.

Grammar

• verb + you

Are you eating, are you going, …. -> question!

Do you know why I told you that for the two destinations, Spring airlines is the best choice?It’s because for most other destinations, the airline times are worse.

• Rather

I’d prefer to live in the countryside, rather than living downtown,

I would prefer to walk, rather than run.

• Rather vs instead

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/ratherthan.html

• As

When talking about two things that are the same 

e.g. Ben is as nice as Nemo.

e.g. China Southern Airlines is as nice as China Eastern Airlines.

e.g. My brother is as old as I am. (you’re comparing you and your brother’s age, it’s the same age)

When comparing two things 

e.g. It’s not as easy as you think. (comparing how easy you think it is + how easy it really is)

On day x, I went swimming -> you have to say something about what you did that day

Original

On day fifth, it was also a long day. It’s hard to do a perfect summary for all them. One aphorism: if our God wanna close our door, he would open another window. When we entered into region of Germany, we didn’t choose to go to a scenery spot named as king lake. Rather than go to McDonald’s to have five pieces of chicken wings because the weather started heavy rainy at that time. Fortunately, after enjoying our chicken wings we drove to a place where can observe a brief view about the King lake. Google Maps is very useful. It helped us to avoid those places which forbid us to go . I think Google is a great company.

Correction

Day five was also a long day. It’s hard to do a perfect summary for that day. One aphorism: if our God wants to close our door, he will open another window. When we entered into Germany, we chose not to go to a scenic spot named king lake because it started raining heavily at that time, instead we chose (expressing preference) to go to McDonald’s to have five pieces of chicken wings . Fortunately, after enjoying our chicken wings we drove to a place where we could observe a brief view of the King lake. Google Maps is very useful. It helped us to avoid those places which were forbidden for us to go . I think Google is a great company.