Online Class Notes (Jesse)

put the “L” words into sentences and practice pronouncing them naturally

which / where – difference?

Grammar

a bit adj
a bit of noun
eg. I am a bit hot
eg. I have a bit of chocolate

It makes me do
It made me do 
I want to do
I wanted to do
He asks me to do
He asked me to do

with sth being
I have many students and Chris is my favourite.
I have many students with Chris being my favourite.
I have many students who are studying English but Chris is learning Maths instead.
I have many students studying English, with Chris learning Maths instead.

it’s been a long time that I didn’t watch Chinese news – it has been  long time since I last watched Chinese news / I haven’t watched Chinese news for a long time

by that time there was a football game – at that time / during that time 

did – at a specific past time
have done – before now
had done – before a past specific time

zey / ze / they / them

My friend’s name is Jesse. They are funny / Zey is funny.

What do you want to eat?
I don’t know what you want to eat.

What should you do?
I don’t know what you should do

Pronunciation

late
later
like
love
really

My thoughts about the inflation and senses of security.

In recent months I can sense out that the cost of living is higher than previous years, especially this year that the price increase pace is accelerate, which makes me felt a bit of anxious.

This phenomenon makes me recalled a question that had been discussed among friends during the pandemic, the question was what could give you sense of security in the time of uncertainty?

By thinking of this question, I remembered a movie that I have seen a couple of years ago that was called 1945, which was talking about the Chinese war against Japanese invasion. at that time, no matter people rich or poor, they all end up running away from their home, where has been occupied by Japanese army, all their land and many generations accumulated wealth turned into nothing.

Since then, I have thinking of this kind of question and how should I prepare for this kind of uncertainties.

My thoughts about the inflation and senses of security.

In recent months I can sense out that the cost of living is higher than previous years, especially this year that the price increase pace is accelerating, which makes me felt a bit of anxiety / a bit anxious.

This phenomenon makes me recall a question that had been discussed among friends during the pandemic, and the question was what could give you sense of security in the time of uncertainty? / during the pandemic with the question being what could give you a sense…

By thinking of this question, I remembered a movie that I saw a couple of years ago that was called 1945, which was talking about the Chinese war against the Japanese invasion. At that time, no matter whether people are rich or poor, they all ended up running away from their homes, which have been occupied by Japanese army, all their lands and many generations of accumulated wealth turned into nothing.

Since then, I have been thinking of this kind of question and how I should prepare for this kind of uncertainties.