F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I stayed in my hometown for over a month and I enjoyed playing Mahjong.
There is different styles of playing mahjong , so maybe you don’t know how to my play my hometown’s style. I stayed with my parents and my relatives.

I came back to my hometown twice a year or if my friends married I would came back.
I was enjoyed because I love my family and my high school classmates. I enjoyed played with them.
But it is different between the life in cities and in the small cities because I cannot enjoy the nightlife and I cannot order the fast food and I have to get up earlier and sleep earlier.
They would demanded me to have a good life habits.
We usually had dinner at 5pm it is very earlier.

I came back in January and I just came back to SH last week.

the style I can change if I don’t like them and it is very look like clean and simple.
I bought a desk but the edge

I brought them and they have different characters.
Milly was a bit scared so she would stay in the corner and didn’t like playing with us because she felt it was it was a strange place.
Another cat called Molly was friendly and she likes to go out like a dog and play with people.
She would jump in the river, swim and go back to the house and we had to clean her.


I stayed in my hometown for over a month and I enjoyed playing Mahjong.
There are different styles of playing mahjong / different rules when playing mahjong , so maybe you don’t know how to my play my hometown’s style. I stayed with my parents and my relatives.

I usually go back to my hometown twice a year or if my friends get married I would also go back.
I enjoyed it because I love my family and my high school classmates.
I had fun with them. / we did many fun things together.

But the life in big cities and in the small cities is different because I cannot enjoy the nightlife and I cannot order delivery food and I have to get up earlier and sleep earlier.
My parents want me to have a good life habits.
We usually had dinner at 5pm it is very early.
I went back in January and I just came back to SH last week.

I can change the style if I don’t like it and it looks clean and simple.
I bought a desk but the edges were of poor quality.

I brought them back with me and they have different characters.
Milly was a bit scared so she would stay in the corner and didn’t like playing with us because she felt it was it was a strange place / unknown place.
Another cat called Molly was friendly and she liked to go out like a dog and played with people.
She would jump in the river, swim and go back to the house and we had to clean her.

Writing exercise

About my dream house, it better be in the big city like Shanghai. It should be in a safe and convenient residential quarter, maybe have 200sq.m as a apartment. It might be divided as 3 rooms and a big parlor. The bedroom could be small, but it must have a big dressing room, it is the most important part in the house. And the house should be full of sunshine. I will find some furnitures with best design to decorate my dream house. Keep it in a good sense and warm atmosphere at the mean while.
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About my dream house, it better be in a big city like Shanghai. It should be in a safe and convenient residential quarter, maybe have 200sq.m as a apartment / I would like it to be about 200 sqm. It might be divided into 3 rooms and a big parlor. The bedroom could be small, but it must have a big dressing room, it is the most important part in the house. And the house should be full of sunshine / well lit . I will find some furnitures with best design to decorate my dream house.

I want the house to have a good interior design and a warm atmosphere at the same time. / I want the have to have a good interior design together with a warm atmosphere

Vocabulary

hairdryer (n) 电吹风
I bought a hairdryer

triangle (n) 三角形
I drew a triangle

premium (n) high price / high level / better than average
BMW is a premium car brand

carpet (n) 地毯
I bought a carpet

cardboard (n)硬纸板
My cat likes to scratch cardboard

to scratch (v) 滑坡
My cat likes to scratch the sofa

scratch (n) 划痕
I dropped my phone and there is a scratch on the screen now

to light (v) 照亮
We need to light the clothes in a good way to make them look good in pictures

night snacks (n) some snacks you eat at night
I usually have some night snacks around 11pm

to demand (v) : ask in a very strong way (you can’t say no)
There was a big problem and we demanded an explanation from the company

relative (n) 亲戚
Many of my relatives came to celebrate my birthday

classmate (n) people you study with
I have many classmates

nightlife (n): all the things you can do at night to have fun (bar / club / restaurant / ktv/ …)
Most of the nightlife in Shanghai is in Puxi

delivery food (n): food that is delivered to you (elema…)
I often order delivery food because I am busy at work

fast food (n) : food you eat quickly (McDonalds / KFC…)
fast food is not good for health

Grammar

meanwhile
Everyone was having fun, meanwhile I was working
People in the US have to stay home because of the virus, meanwhile in China we are all back to work already.