Online Class Notes (Jesse)

which + that + who

I still felt so busy in the holiday, because I need to have many lunch or dinner with various relatives or good friends.
Yesterday, I went outdoor with my family to Chongming Island, but encountered a traffic stuck about 5 hours when we back to Shanghai downtown.
And then, I also need to follow up my work during the gathering. Due to the holiday, online traffic has dropped, plus our internal pricing order has become more confusing because no one manage it during vacation. Therefore, we have lots of pressure for performance.
Of course, during this days, I use every opportunities to learn English, such as using vedio from Bilibili to dictate English in some scenes.
However, I feel a bit difficult, because of some simple words, I just could read to understand, if I only listen I can’t. I don’t know if I want to improve more, should I do more dictate practice or pronunciation practice more? It’s a bit confusing.

I still felt / I have been feeling so busy in the holiday, because I needed to have many lunches or dinners with various relatives or good friends.
Yesterday, I traveled with my family to Chongming Island, but encountered a traffic jam for  / and we were stuck for about 5 hours when we came back to downtown Shanghai.
And then, I also need to follow up on my work during the gathering. Due to the holiday, online traffic has dropped, plus our internal pricing order has become more confusing because no one is managing it during the / this vacation. Therefore, we have lots of pressure to perform. 
Of course, these days, I use every opportunities to learn English, such as using videos from Bilibili to dictate English from / of some scenes.
However, I feel a bit difficult, because of some simple words, and I just could understand when I read but if I only listen I can’t (I can understand when I read but when I listen, I can’t understand). I don’t know if I want to improve more, should I do more dictation practice or pronunciation practice more? It’s a bit confusing.

Vocabulary

these days – a little in the past, and now (could be future)
recently – only the past
eg. recently I was traveling a lot / recently I have been traveling a lot
eg2. these days I am traveling a lot / these days I have been traveling a lot

travel – go from A to B
eg. I love traveling = going on holidays to other cities and places
eg2. I travel to work every day by car = I go

there was really bad traffic = a lot of traffic
there was a traffic jam = cars basically not moving

once a week / once every week
once every 2 weeks

once every half a year / every 6 months
twice a year

pick up – jie
get / take – na

get = changes from not have to have / not be to be
eg. I get my water from the fridge = not have to have
eg2. I get married = not be to be

do you think it’s gonna (going to) be a cold winter?

I will go to work = I’m gonna go to work = I’m going to go to work

what’s your plan in the next few days? 

I only have 1 more day (left)

By the way / oh let me ask you something – good way to change the topic

Oh, so you’ve lived in Japan and Australia, right? so I wanted to ask you…

Pronunciation

shi ping – video

okay – okaahhh / oh kaaaiiiii

Grammar

it’s so tiring / it’s so boring
I’m tired / I’m bored
I’m confused
it’s confusing

I follow up with my boss (I play with my son)
I follow up on this project (I focus on my work)

My son doesn’t want to study English because he thinks English is boring. = English makes him feel bored
My son is bored because he’s studying English now. He thinks the teacher is so boring. = the teacher makes my son bored.

boring < > fun
bored < > happy / excited / having fun

I have class for improving myself 
I have class to improve myself