F2F Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Review last two classes.

Vocabulary

In my childhood

When I was a child

I turned 18 last year.

Nation (Country)

State (Province)

County

City

suburb – houses, near the city

eg: In some small cities in USA, it looks like all suburbs, there is maybe not even a big downtown area.

major – big and important

eg: That’s a major problem, we need to fix it soon.

minor – not important, small

eg: It’s just a minor cut, your hand will be fine.

preposition – jie ci

my hometown is a country yard, a village maybe. nearby a city which names Huai an, it is located north of Jiangsu province. I think it had a big difference when in my childhood and now. It had no change when I’m a child till high school. It is not very rich. There are no telephone or it is not have the electricity all day. In that time, during my childhood till I’m 18 there isn’t any development there. But it has the big change when I was graduated from the university at 2003. There was telephone, every family have a telephone, tv, or motorbicycle, even cars. And the village has more roads which made the traffic more convenient

My hometown is in the countryside yard, a village maybe. In Huai an county, in the northern part of Jiangsu province. It had no change from when I was a child till high school. Now it’s very different. It was not very rich and there were no telephones or electricity. In that time, during my childhood till I turned 18 there wasn’t any major development there. But it went through some big changes when I graduated from  university in 2003. Now there are telephones, every family has a telephone, tv, or motorbike, even cars. And the village has more roads which made the traffic more convenient. / And the village has more roads now, which reduced the traffic a lot.

Pronunciation

2003 – Two thousand three

2013 – twenty thirteen / two thousand thirteen

graduated – Gra Joo Way ted

Grammar

the family have

the family has 4 dogs.

In – Months, Years, times of day(morning)

eg: I graduated in 2003, in the afternoon.

eg: In the evening    .    In the At night

At – exact times

eg: at 7:38pm

On – Days of the week

eg: On Monday I went to work.

During – happening in that time, same time

eg: Don’t make noise during the movie.

eg: During the day. (day time, not night time)