Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Write a diary about your recent life – include things you’re thinking about, any events coming soon (valentines day??), or any problems you had at work etc. Check your grammar after you finish writing to see if you made any simple mistakes.

Grammar

I just came back shanghai from zhe jiang province – I just came back to Shanghai / arrived in Shanghai from zhe jiang

I used to work in Japan for 2 years many years ago – use “used to” to say something you did before but don’t do now

so now COVID 19 I can’t go to japan – because of COVID 19 I can’t go to Japan

I work during the day so I found out the score from the news – great sentence!!

the = makes a person guess which one you mean
eg. I went to the office = you mean YOUR office
eg2. I have a pen. The pen is black = they guess the pen you just said

which 
eg. I have a pen. It is black = I have a pen which is black

Vocabulary

my computer is at the office 

in fact – actually
eg. I thought I would be late but actually I was on time!

I’m alone – I live alone / I live by myself 

Pronunciation

coworker – “co work ker”
colleagues – “col leegz”

I wake up at 6 o’clock and then brush my teeth and wash my face, and had breakfast with my workmates, and then went to the work with my workmates from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock. And then we had a dinner at the noon, and then we came back to shanghai on the car. We come back to shanghai for 5 hours. We have a driver / our company employ a driver. Why my company employ a driver? I’m seller, we talk about my customers / clients, it’s a hard work so talking about the customers is hard work so my company employ a driver.

I woke up at 6 o’clock, which is very early for me, and then brushed my teeth and washed my face for a while / for a few minutes in the bathroom which is in my apartment, and had breakfast with my workmates, and then / after we had breakfast, / after that / following that we went to the work with my workmates / colleagues / coworkers from 9 o’clock to 12 o’clock / from 9 AM to 12 PM / midday. And then we had a dinner at the noon, and then we came back to shanghai on the car. We came back to shanghai for 5 hours. We have a driver / our company employ a driver. Why my company employ a driver? I’m seller, we talk about my customers / clients, it’s a hard work so talking about the customers is hard work so my company employ a driver.
(this part is uncorrected)