F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

I don’t wanna talk about it.

you needed to be here

you didn’t come here.

you weren’t here.

recently, Ive been busy

Do you ever go back to work after class?

Since I got a new job I didn’t go back to work after class.

In order to work well I need to get enough sleep.

In order to improve your English you need to practice every day.

You need to practice every day, in order to improve your English.

Have you ever ridden a scooter?

Yes, I’ve ridden a scooter.

I can understand almost most of it.

I can understand almost all of it.

almost all = most

Almost Most people in Beijing are Chinese.

Rather – when you want one thing, more than another thing.

eg: I would rather go to _____   than ______.

eg: I would rather go to New York than London.

eg: I would rather not ____.  (do what).

eg: I would rather not talk about it. (Than talk about it)

eg: I’d rather not go there for dinner.  (Any other place)

eg: I would rather eat/have rice than noodles.

eg: I would rather be(V.) blind(ADJ)(can’t see) than deaf(ADJ)(can’t hear).

PAST TENSE:

I would have rather eaten rice than noodles.   (You got noodles).

WOULD + HAVE + RATHER + DONE

I was born a girl, I would have rather been born a boy

WOULD + HAVE + RATHER + BEEN

T: Where did you go for your vacation?

P: I went to Qingdao.

T: Did you like it?

P: Yes, but I would have rather gone to GuLangYu.  (You went to Qingdao, but you wanted to go to GuLangYu)