F2F Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Vocabulary

I can’t speak English his job I don’t know how to say his job in English

I don’t know how to say that word in English.

Can you teach me that word?


Phrase – duan yu, a few words often used together

eg: Pick me up…

Can you pick me up from work? (you drive here and then take me home)

eg: Take it out…

Take the trash out please.

eg: Call me back…

Call me back when you are finished.

eg: These are common phrases in English.

dish – fen

eg: I really like that dish with eggs and tomatoes.

smog – smoke and fog,m some unhealthy air. maybe from cars or factories

eg: Shanghai has some smog, but not as bad as Beijing.

BE as (ADJ.) as – the same.

eg: That building is not as big as this one.

eg: Liu Hui is as tall as her friend. They are both 1.68 cm tall.

eg: My daughter is as beautiful as her mother.

sunset – the sun is going down

eg: My hometown has very beautiful sunset.

sunrise – the sun is going up

pet – an animal that you keep at your home

eg: I don’t like pets.

plain – has no taste or style.

eg: I only like plain white rice. If you put some vegetables or sauce on it, I don’t like it.

eg: She is wearing a plain red shirt.

Grammar

I‘ve heard of that place


Can. + V.  + ing:

Can eatingcan eat

Like. + V. + ing:

I like watching movies.

He likes cooking eggs for breakfast.

He / She / It + Has:

eg: He has ten minutes to finish his email.

eg: My dog has black hair.

Articles:

A, An, The     or   My.  Her.  three cars,  Liu Hui’s

My hometown has very a beautiful sunset. (Which one?  How many? When? )

My hometown has a very beautiful sunset. = My hometown has very beautiful sunsets.

San Francisco’s sunsets are hard to see. Because there is always a lot of fog.

Pronunciation

cm – Centimeter / Sen Tuh Mee Terr /.    CEE EMM

Speaking exercise

She likes eat cakes candies and everything sweet. she doesn’t like eat spicy food, but if the food she like she can eats the spicy food a little. she like eat the easy food. Chinese food always have a lot of plants for example vegetables chicken pork beef soup. Blah blah blah, she don’t like, she just like some simple food, for examaple, noodles, just noodles, fried rice, just fried rice. She doesn’t like a lot of choose. If you take her a lot of choose she will. She like you just give her just one plate.


She likes eating cakes, candies and everything sweet. She doesn’t like eating spicy food, but if it’s good she can eat the spicy food a little. she likes eating the easy food. Chinese food always has a lot of dishes for example vegetables, chicken, pork, beef and soup. Blah blah blah, she doesn’t like many dishes, she just likes some simple food, for example, if it’s noodles, just plain noodles, fried rice, just plain fried rice. She doesn’t like a lot of choices. If you give her a lot of choices she will feel full just from looking at a big menu. She likes when you just give her just one choice.