Online Class Notes (Jesse) [18]

Verbs – what time?
Nouns – which one? how many?
Sentences – SVO + conjunction + SVO – use conjunctions to connect ideas. No conjunction, can’t continue.

We have spent a good holiday especially kimi.He was excited all the time. We visited a lot of places which have old buildings and delicious foods and I like those old buildings in the village most.They are protected well.
My hometown is change a lot,the old people have been living there for nearly whole them life but the young people choose to leave the hometown.The reason I think might be the children’s education and the good pay.
We meet some new friends who are always run on the roof and climb the tree and they’re little shy and very cute and lovely. yes it’s squirrel.
We tasted many type of foods,I don’t know how to call them in english but they’re in my memory and this time I was satisfied because I ate them all ,they’re all my favorite in my childhood.kimi is fater than before because of the foods.so you can imagine that how delicious they are.
I thought I could have a good rest in the holiday before I go home ,actually I didn’t,haha,The travel was happy but tired but I have many beautiful days and memories so I am happy.
I don’t know when I will come back again and I hope it will be not a long time in the future.

and / but / so / because / when 

We have spent a good holiday and especially kimi he was excited all the time. We visited a lot of places which have old buildings and delicious food and I like those old buildings in the village the most and I think they are very well preserved.
My hometown has changed a lot, but the old people have been living there for nearly their whole life but the young people choose to leave the hometown. / My hometown is very different from before but the old people are still living there and they haven’t changed much. The reason I think might be the children’s education and the good pay.
We met some new friends who are always run on the roofs and climb the trees and they’re a little shy and very cute and lovely. yes it’s squirrels.
We tasted many types of food, but I don’t know what they’re called / don’t know how to say what they’re called in english but they’re in my memory and this time I was satisfied because I ate them all. They were all my favorite in my childhood. Kimi is fatter than before because of the food. So you can imagine that how delicious it is.
I thought I could have a good rest in the holiday before I go home , but actually I didn’t,haha. The trip was amazing but tiring but I had many beautiful days and have many great / beautiful memories so I am happy.
I don’t know when I will come back again but / and I hope it will be not a long time in the future.

Vocabulary

Qin Dynasty – qin cao

it’s not very developed commercially 

zhouzhuang is too commercial = too many shops selling things

my hometown is not like that

lamb – yang rou
eg. I love lamb

bamboo – zu zi
eg. Pandas love bamboo

that city happened a war – there was a war in that city

it’s based on a true story 

the government was helping to bring them home 

diplomats 

Grammar

I am tired – feeling
It is tiring = it makes me tired

I am bored – feeling
It is boring = it makes me bored

Pronunciation

roovz = no tongue
loovz = tongue