Online Class Notes (Jesse)

“ I love Hong Kong “

l leave my place more than 10 years because I immigrated to Australia. My family and friends are still there so I miss HK all the time. I went back to HK in April and I realized HK has some changes. Firstly : When I walking around in the streets I can hear lots of people talking mandarin to their friends and I thought there are many visitors from mainland of China compare to 10 years ago. Secondly : I went to a restaurant in a fancy shopping center for reservation a table and the manager who was working there talked to me in mandarin so i felt a bit weird and not very comfortable. Thirdly : Must of my friends were upset when we talked about the future and they want to leave Hong Kong to somewhere like Australia or UK … Fourthly : Hong Kong leader needs China government permission to do anything and they can’t make any decisions from themselves , Hong Kong returns to China unchanged for 50 years it means from 1997-2047 we can keeping unchanged. As a feta of fact, The Chinese government has taken control of everything in Hong Kong, HK is part of China and we need to follow their steps .

“ I love Hong Kong “

l left my place more than 10 years ago because I immigrated to Australia. My family and friends are still there so I miss HK all the time. I went back to HK in April and I realized HK has some changes. Firstly : When I walked / I was walking around in the streets I could hear lots of people speaking mandarin to their friends and I thought there are many visitors from mainland of China compared to 10 years ago. Secondly : I went to a restaurant in a fancy shopping center to reserve a table and the manager who was working there talked to me in mandarin so i felt a bit weird and not very comfortable. Thirdly : Most of my friends were upset when we talked about the future and they want to leave Hong Kong to go (to) somewhere like Australia or the UK … Fourthly : the Hong Kong leader needs Chinese government‘s permission to do anything and they can’t make any decisions for / by themselves. Hong Kong returning to China unchanged for 50 years it means that from 1997-2047 we should have been able to remain unchanged. As a matter of fact, The Chinese government has taken control of everything in Hong Kong. HK is part of China and we need to follow their steps.

Vocabulary

it’s specifically for smoking

survive = not die

leave / left / left = to go away from a place
eg. I leave home every day at 8AM
eg2. I left HK 10 years ago

complicated – fu za
complete – finished

skillset – expertise – all of your skills together
eg. it’s hard to replace my expertise

Grammar

go – went (past)

I got drunk / I was drunk

I left HK more than 10 years ago
I have been living in Australia for more than 10 years

pymble
table

“I should bring my umbrella to work.”
I didn’t bring my umbrella.

It rained

“Ohhh I should have brought my umbrella to work!”

I didn’t eat and I’m hungry now. I should have eaten breakfast before going to work!

can = be able to 

am = be (be verbs)

I told Jamen he can play games tonight. But I didn’t let him.

“Mum! I should have played games tonight”

“Mum! I should have been able to play games tonight!!”

half an hour
half an egg
half a year
half an apple
half a class

the boy is 6 years younger than her

Pronunciation

native – nay tiv
eg. I’m a native English speaker

sssssssss
which + who 
following that / next / after that
and