Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Do you think the stars of popular culture such as pop singers and film stars influence the habits of young people?
Would you say this is a good thing?

Focus on self correction of simple grammar.

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“Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children (kids) should help (assist) their parents with household chores (housework) as soon as (once / when) they are old enough. Use details and examples in your response.”

When shopping what do you look for? Style or quality?

I’m not focus in the it’s beautiful or appearance and I think the quality is more important. My mother buy a good that it look like beautiful and it have a new style and it’s very popular in the internet but it have lower quality to just use it 2 days and it’s break, so I think quality is more important.

I don’t focus on the appearance of goods / on whether goods are beautiful or their appearance and I think the quality is more important. My mother bought a good that it looks like beautiful and it had a new style and it was very popular on the internet but it was lower quality that we just used it for 2 days and it was broken / it broke, so I think quality is more important.

Grammar

I break the pen
I broke the pen

I wake up and then I have a shower for 10 minutes

I read a book
I read books

my mother buy a good that is look like beautiful – my mother bought a good that looks / looked beautiful

you look happy = I think you are happy when I look at you
you look like a nice person =

go to shopping
go to shop (v)
go shopping (v)
go to the shops (n) – place
go and shop (v)

in the work days – during the week 

do chores to their parents – do chores for their parents

Vocabulary

chores – work you do at home
household – the people who live there

spend so many money – it will cost a lot of money

how to say – how do you say…?

take / spend / cost

I spend 5000 RMB to buy an iphone
iphone costs 5000 RMB

I spend 2 hours to get to school
Going to school takes 2 hours