Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Correct these yourself:

another things is I’d like to learn –

there are many redundant things need to do again and again –

in my childhood I’m not good –

I want to communication –

because my working –

I can to train my listening –

Use the words we learned today in some writing. Write about your life, like a diary. 

learn sth new
you use it
you review and correct the mistake 
use it again 

today I wake up at 10 AM because I go to work at 11AM so I am sad. I hope my boss lets me go home early because my car is waiting for me. I hope he doesn’t make me work overtime.

Vocabulary

programming – writing code like Python

PhD degree – PhD

rang
let = allow – you want to do
eg. my mum lets me play computer games

ask = get – you should do it / or question
eg. my mum asks me to clean my room

make = force – you don’t want to do
eg. my mum makes me do my homework

looks like – things you see
eg. the person outside looks like an old man
seems like – things you hear / think about / feel
eg. you told me a story about your friend…. wow your friend seems like a nice person

phonetics – yin biao

Grammar

due to I’m working at alibaba so it’s very busy – I was very busy due to working at Alibaba

because of / due to + noun / noun phrase
eg. I was late due to the weather.

because / due to the fact that / since + sentence
eg. I was late because it was raining. 

Due to the weather, I was late.

and – be aware of when you use it. Don’t use it when you’re just thinking. Same as “the” – don’t use it if you don’t need to.

Pronunciation

tool – 1 sound – say “toola” then just say “tool” 
tour – too wer

things – tongue out on “th” 

chin – short “in” 
train – trayn

ratio – ray shee ooo

part – rrr