F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Questions for English Class:

What does ______ mean?  (Subway) (Di tie)

Subway means, a train under the streets in the city.

Vocabulary

Where are you from?

I’m from Shanghai.

Shanghai is a place in China.

I’m from Arizona.

Arizona is a place in America.

place – di fang

eg: There is a place at ZhenPing Road with very good chuanr.

eg: There is a place at Nan Nanjing Rd. with very good chuanr.

eg: There is a place at HengShan Rd. with very good Mexican food, called “Pistolera.”

called – jiao, the name of something

eg: What is that place called?     It is called Xiabu Xiabu.

Mexico – Muo xi ke,    a country south of USA.

eg: I haven’t been to Mexico, but I like Mexican food.

map – di tu, a thing you look at to find where other things are.

eg: Where is Nanjing Road?

I don’t know, can we look at a map?

find – zhao, to look for something

eg: I can’t find the subway on this map.

grammar – yu fa

eg: Chinese grammar and English grammar are very different. So, we should not just translate(fan yi) the words.

We should not use an electronic dictionary. ( dianzi ci dian)

English Logic   VS.    Chinese Logic:

(Good English Grammar) There is a place at ZhenPing Road with very good chuanr.

(Bad Chinese Grammar)  Jiu Shi yi ge di fang zai ZhenPing Lu he feichang hao chuanr.

(Good Chinese Grammar) Zhe li shi chuanr yi ge feichang hao de difang zai Zhenping lu

(Bad English Grammar) Here is chuanr a very good of place at Zhenping road.

Pronunciation

Electronic – E Lek Trah Nihk    (NEEK)

Dictionary – Dik Sheh Nar-Ree

Grammar

Yesterday:     The Past

Yesterday I have had class with Jesse.

Yesterday I had class at one o’clock.

Yesterday I had English class at one o’clock.

Yesterday I had English class with Jesse at one o’clock.

I had class on Tuesday.

Today:

Today I have class with Tony.