Online Class Notes (Jesse) [14.5]

I have been learning English with Jesse almost 3 months, and so far, I enjoy the way to learn, because I don’t need to read essay or remember tons of vocabulary which that is a typical Chinese way to learn English. I used to think that I don’t have talent for learning language, because my English score was much worser than other subjects within same effort in my high school, and it caused me unconfident. But now, I think it’s ok that I learn it slowly, and no need to require a huge improvement in a short time, take it slow but not stop.
The game that I play updated a new version last Friday, and all the heroes and gameplay were changed in new version, and so I spent lots of time to learn new version since the update, more than 5 hours everyday.

I have been learning English with Jesse for almost 3 months, and so far / as of now, I enjoy the way to learn / and I have been enjoying the way we learn, because I don’t need to read (any) essays or remember tons of vocabulary which that is a typical Chinese way to learn English. I used to think that I don’t have (any) talent for learning language, because my English score was much worse than other subjects that I put the same (amount of) effort into during high school, and it caused me unconfidence / it caused me to be unconfident. But now, I think it’s ok that I learn it slowly (as long as I don’t stop) and because there is no need to require a huge improvement in a short time, I can just take it slow but not stop.
The game that I play updated to a new version last Friday, and all the heroes and gameplay were changed in the new version / in the patch, and so I spent / I have spent / I have been spending lots of time to learn the new version since the update, with me spending more than 5 hours everyday.

Vocabulary

dreadlocks / dreads – zang bian

good – better – much better
big – bigger – much bigger
bad – worse – much worse
expensive – more expensive – much more expensive
beautiful – more beautiful – much more beautiful
old – older – much older

it is exactly the same as it.

Grammar

Beijing has 36 new confirmed cases and more than 4000 people who had had close contacts yesterday
Beijing has 36 new confirmed cases with more than 4000 people having had close contacts yesterday

I have had coffee / I have traveled to Japan – before now
I had had coffee /  I had traveled to Japan – before a past time

according to Jesse if you want to add a verb, you need a “to” or conjunctions

start doing < > finish doing 

I have class for 1 hour

He puts a lot of effort into it. He doesn’t put enough effort into it. If he put the same amount of effort into this as he does into that, he would do very well. He puts as much effort into A as he does into B.

it’s not as same as before – it’s not the same as before

I have 10 students and Penny is my favourite.
I have 10 students with Penny being my favourite.

I have 10 students with my school.
I learn English with you.

I have a student and she learns English.
I have a student with her learning English.

Pronunciation

quote – “kwote”