Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Write about this topic: Tell me about one of the best days you’ve had in your life. Why was it so good? What did you do / what happened?

Think about some of the grammar from today, especially which + using conjunctions like “and” to continue your sentences.

To be honest, i have not participated in parties a lot in my life, only several times I could remember with blurry memories.
I could remember one anecdote in my childhood which is I almost fainted while we standed on the playground of school. The reason is i didnt eat breakfast, so i got low blood sugar level. That experience made me feel maybe i got serious illness, thanks god, just a false alarm.

To be honest, i have not participated in parties a lot in my life, and only several times I could remember a little / only several times but they are a little blurry.
I can remember one anecdote in / from my childhood which is (that) I almost fainted while we stood on the playground of school. The reason is (that) i didnt eat / I hadn’t eaten breakfast, so i had low blood sugar level. That experience made me feel (that) maybe i had a serious illness, but thank god, it was just a false alarm.

Until now I have been working for 6 years, during this period, i transferred among four departments which is similar to transferred to a new job.

In terms of the first department, I felt happy at the beginning, because i am a new comer and the youngest, i knew nothing but nobody blamed me. To improve and adapt the work quickly, the boss arranged a supervisor who can teach me.

After I came to my current department, I nearly changed a industry, so i had a lot to learn but no one taught me ( the employee did this before has quitted). I adpated by myself and my boss gave me some supports. The first days were as usual without extremely happy or streeful, just step by step.

Until now I have been working for 6 years, and during this period, i transferred among four departments which is similar to transferring to a new job.

In terms of the first department, I felt happy at the beginning, because i was a newcomer and the youngest. I knew nothing but nobody blamed me which I think was really good. To improve and adapt (myself) to the work quickly, the boss arranged a supervisor who could teach me.

After I came to my current department, I nearly changed to a different industry / I nearly changed industries, so i had a lot to learn but no one taught me ( the employee did this before he quit). I adpated by myself and my boss gave me some support. The first days were as usual without being extremely happy or stressed, and I just went / did everything step by step.

Vocabulary

hair salon / hair dresser

Grammar

3-4 ideas in 1 sentence (2-3 conjunctions)
4 + ideas is too many
2 ideas need 1 conjunction to connect them.
eg. I went to the park and did some shopping but it was too hot so I went home.
eg2. I went shopping because I wanted to buy some things so I spent a lot of money.
eg3. When I went shopping, I was happy but when I went home, I was sad. 

I know that your name is Daisy

that + sentence after a verb
I know (that) your name is Daisy

what = the thing (that)
she asked me what I wanted = she asked me the drink that I wanted
I know what you want to eat. = I know the food that you want to eat

which = and it
she = that girl
he = that boy
it = the thing

bored / boring
happy / fun
stressed / stressful
tired / tiring
annoyed / annoying
frustrated / frustrating
eg. this class is so boring, because the teacher is boring, so I am really bored.

I quit every job quickly
I quit yesterday
I have quit

if it’s hard to me I will give up – if it’s hard for me I will give up

I am mean to you – the way I treat you
eg. my teacher does many bad things to me / my teacher is mean to me
I am good for you – the affect is good
eg. apples are good for us = the affect is good

My boyfriend is good to me = he always gives me so much yummy food (the treatment is good)
My boyfriend is bad for me = that makes me fat (the affect is bad)

Having class at SE with Jesse every day is really good.
To have class with Jesse every day, my boss paid lots of money.

being a teacher is hard
to be a teacher is hard

to learn English I need to have class – reason you have class
learning English makes me feel good – “learning” is the subject

I like to drink coffee (to drink = detail)
I learn English to improve my life (to improve = the reason)

adapt
adapt to 
eg. I adapt the class to my student
eg2. My classes are adapted to the student
eg3. I adapted (myself) to my job

prepare 
prepare for 
eg. the teacher prepares the class (make the class / plan the class / write the lesson plan)
eg2. the teacher and the student prepare for the class – get ready

change
change for 
change to 
eg. I change (myself) for my boyfriend
eg2. I change my clothes every day
eg2. I change to another company / I change companies
eg3. I changed the company / I changed my company

useful conjunctions: and / but / so / because / when / if