Online Class Notes (Jesse)

speaking focus: only think about stories in the past focusing on (I did / I was – eg. I went to Japan. It was fun.) – don’t worry about “have done” / “had done” / “was doing” for now.

work 
eg. I have a lot of work this week

many / much / a lot

which = and it / it / and that
what = the thing that
eg. I know the thing that you said = I know what you said

what do you want to drink?

end of year always busy – we are always busy at the end of the year 

I have the same goal as you

I had a dinner with my friend last saturday. We ate japanese food in a famous and good taste restaurant. It was a long time since we met last time, maybe 2 or 3 years. That night we ate curry and sushi and salmon fish and some chicken in a wing and we drunk some cold beer because the restaurant is famous so the restaurant was full of noisy sound so we spent a short time in that restuarant. We just finished the dinner and then we went out of the restaurant and walk in the shopping mall and talk about how our life in this years. Actually because everyone is busy so if we don’t keep touch frequently maybe we lose the contact.

I had a dinner with my friend last saturday and what we ate was japanese food in a famous and tasty / amazing restaurant / with amazing food. It had been a long time since we last met / since we last saw each other, maybe 2 or 3 years. That night we ate curry, sushi, salmon fish and some chicken skewers / yakkitori and we drank some cold beer. As / Because the restaurant is famous so it was full of noisy sound so we spent a short time there. We just finished the dinner and then we went out of / we left the restaurant and walked around the shopping mall and talked about how our life was / has been in these years / has been since we last met. Actually because everyone is busy so if we don’t contact each other often, it is easy to lose touch.

I will fly to xian next monday and my colleagues and I will have a 2 day meeting on tues and wed to talk about next project and i will fly back to sz on thursday.. so no one can take care my dog… I need to take it to the pet care center on monday. She can help me to take care the cat.

I will fly to xian next monday and my colleagues and I will have a 2 day meeting on tues and wed to talk about our / the next project and i will fly back to sz on thursday.. so no one can take care of my dog… I need to take it to the pet care center / pet boarding place on monday. She can help me to take care the cat.

Vocabulary

the nurse gave me good care
the nurse takes care of me

I gave her good coffee
She took the coffee

sound – all things you hear

noise – bad sound
voice – mouth speaking

this is tasty food 

Grammar

drink / drank / drunk

There is really noisy – It is really noisy there

There are many people in China / There are many people there.

she became a mother but I don’t have – but I haven’t. 

she face to my dog – she faces my dog 

Pronunciation

salmon – “sa men”