Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Writing exercise

I prefer to search for information on the Internet. Because it’s faster and more accurate to find information online. For example, in a self-study class, my classmates and I had a question about macroeconomics. I didn’t have my phone with me that day, so I had to look it up. I searched for a long time in the textbook, while my classmates found it quickly with their mobile phones.

I prefer to search for information on the Internet, because it’s faster and more accurate to find information online. For example, in a self-study class, my classmates and I had a question about macroeconomics, but I didn’t have my phone with me that day, so I had to look it up. I searched for a long time in the textbook, while my classmates found it quickly with their mobile phones. So, I prefer to search for info online rather than through reading books. 

Pronunciation

eight
straight
play
plate

instrument – “in stru ment”

Grammar

it is raining today / it was raining / it rained today
I am running now

At 10AM today I woke. At that time it was raining.
It rained at 10AM today.

When I was having class, my friend called my phone.

call 
call telephone

coffee is good
drinking coffee is good

sth takes time
sth costs money

people spend time
people spend money

my friends buy something in the shopping online… they said it has the good quality and can use it for 2 years. it’s broken / it stopped working / it had some problem.

it can use for 2 years / it can be used for 2 years (bei dong)
he can use it for 2 years 

Morgan can study English for 1 hour

I buy something at the shops
I buy something online
I buy something on the internet

the object is broken / is not able to be used
the object has a problem

Vocabulary

to send / post / deliver a letter

formal – zheng shi
formula – the way you do sth / maths / science

Speaking exercise

Q: When communicating with your friends and families, you can use different methods: letters, e-mails, and/or telephone calls, instant messaging. Which method do you think is better and why? Use details and examples to support your explanation.

i prefer to instant messaging because it’s easy to chat with sb bcs letters and email is more formals and the speed of trans messages is lower than instant message for eg i will not check my email for every hours maybe just check it once a day and the telephone calls need spend money but use instant message such as wechat is free…

i prefer to instant messaging because it’s easy to chat with sb bcs letters and emails are more formal and the speed of sending messages is lower than instant messages for eg i will not check my email for every hour maybe just check it once a day and the telephone calls cost money but using instant message such as wechat is free…


Q: Does technology make our lives simpler or more complex? Use details and examples to support your explanation.


Q: When communicating with your friends and families, you can use different methods: letters, e-mails, and/or telephone calls, instant messaging. Which method do you think is better and why? Use details and examples to support your explanation.