Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Homework

Do you prefer finding information by reading books or searching the internet? Use details and examples to support your explanation.

When writing: Focus on making simple clear sentences using conjunctions. If you make a sentence and it is translated from Chinese, think of SVO + conjunction + SVO and build the sentence using this logic.

Needs more review

priority – sth that is important
eg. when you’re in the desert, drinking water is a priority ahead of eating

ages = a long time
eg. I haven’t seen you for ages! – hao jiu bu jian

Vocabulary

which – and it
I had TOEFL class. It was boring and tiring.
– I had TOEFL class which was boring and tiring.

climate – general (tropical / arid / temperate)
weather – specific (rainy / sunny / snowy)

Grammar

SV
I run.
People think.
chocolate is great
efficiency is important
people are funny

rain (v / n)
it rained / I ran 
there was a lot of rain / there are a lot of people

we felt disappoint

I disappoint (v) my teacher
Disappointment (n) feels bad

I am tired / I am bored / I am disappointed / annoyed / frustrated 
this class is tiring / this class is boring / this class is disappointing / annoying / frustrating 

there is no weather effect on it the weather doesn’t affect it

Pronunciation

eight
play
straight – str ayyyy t

Speaking exercise

Do you prefer indoor activities or outdoor activities? Use details and examples to support your explanation.

I prefer the indoor activities because there are no climate effect of indoor activity for example last weekend i have a date with my classmate and we want to play bb is outdoor activity but last weekend there are raining and we just play indoor and we feel very terrible but tomorrow we said that we can play video game.
I prefer the indoor activities because the weather doesn’t affect them for example last weekend i had a date with my classmate and we wanted to play bb which is an outdoor activity but last weekend it rained and we just played indoors and it was disappointing but we made an appointment that we would play video games tomorrow so the weather will not affect it.
I’m into / I’m keen on / I like indoor activities because the weather doesn’t affect them. For example – last weekend, I wanted to meet / I planned to meet / I made an appointment to meet my friend because we wanted to play bb which is an outdoor activity but last weekend it rained so we played indoors and it was disappointing but…