Online Class Notes (Jesse) [2]

Grammar

I went to gym today – I went to the gym today = I went to a place to workout (a gym)

I went to the airport because I’m traveling = I went to a place where planes land and take off to travel
I went to the bank today because I needed money = I went to a place that everyone knows has money, and we can take it out

I went to a restaurant – different food, different brand, different service, different menu….
I went to the restaurant – the person should know which one you’re talking about

2 stuff – 2 things

stuff – uncountable
thing – countable
eg. I have 2 things to do today.
eg2. I have some stuff to do today

she has some problems with her grow up – she has had some problems during her childhood

he / she
his / her
him / her

I saw someone outside who said they were from China – 1 person

a lot of things she was confused – she was confused about a lot of things / there are a lot of things she was confused about

I have class for an hour 

I am like you
I am different to you
I am similar to you
I am the same as you

I am happy
I am a man
I am a teacher
I am here
I am running

I like you
I hug you

on Christmas day
on the Christmas day 

the – obvious / the person can guess

I have many friends. Some friends didn’t come, but the friends that did come had a good time. The friends are actually not my friends, they’re my son’s friends.

Vocabulary

adolescence – the time between childhood and adulthood 
eg. she has had many problems during adolescence

fitness coach – personal trainer

pullup bar 

I run between the 2 things on the floor

cardio – exercise that makes your heart beat faster

burpees 

3 sets of 9 reps (repetitions), so each set I do it 9 times

stretch / warm up 
eg. I always warm up before I work out

exercise / work out 
eg. I exercise for 1 hour / I work out for 1 hour

let – allow – give permission – you say “yes you can do it if you want”
make – force – you say “you must do it”
get / ask – you should do it / it’s ok
eg. My mum makes me go to school
eg2. My mum lets me play video games
eg3. My mum gets me to brush my teeth before bed

I can understand her situation pretty well

role model – someone to look up to / someone to follow

depression / depressed
eg. she has depression but it’s not serious and she’s a comfort eater

comfort eater – someone who eats a lot to make themselves feel good

commit suicide – zi sha

My family and the friends went to a resort on the Drogan Boat Festival. The resort likes a all inclusive place which is on the edge on Shanghai. We chose the hotel in Shanghai because if we go out of Shanghai, we need to be quarantine in 14 days. There were 8 apartments in the resort and very apartment has one or two rooms. We lived in the apartment in which two rooms connceted. Most of time, we were playing cards and chess at hotel because many of the shop were still closed. The food was yummy and we could order take out food like milk tea, Mcdonald’s，etc.

My family and our friends went to a resort on the Drogan Boat Festival. The resort is like an all inclusive place which is on the edge of Shanghai. We chose the hotel in Shanghai because if we go out of Shanghai, we need to be quarantined for 14 days. There were 8 apartments in the resort and every apartment has / had one or two rooms. We lived in the apartment in which two rooms were connected. Most of the time, we were playing cards and chess at the hotel because many of the shops were still closed. The food was yummy and we could order take out food like milk tea, Mcdonald’s，etc.

Pronunciation

etc – et set ter ra