Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Also: look at the grammar mistakes you made in your writing and try to avoid them.

A girl who lives alone. She works hard every day. She has no habits, but traveling. One day, she told her friends that she would go traveling. Both of her friends were really surprise, they didn’t understand why she wanted to do this. She said, you guys have your own habits and you could do it every day, but for me, I’m not. I work a lot and I’m tired. I need to quit my job and go somewhere for relaxation.I have nothing in common with my coworkers, and I’m so tired of working. I think that my life it’s not just about that. I can have a flexible job, not just at the office, it could be everywhere in the world. I will be able to see the different things, amazing minority wedding, versatile stuff, and so on in my future travelling.

A girl who lives alone works hard every day. She has no hobbies, but traveling. One day, she told her friends that she would go traveling. Both of her friends were really surprised, because they didn’t understand why she wanted to do this. She said, you guys have your own hobbies and you could / can do them every day, but for me, I couldn’t / can’t / I’m not like that / I’m not like you. I work a lot and I’m tired so I need to quit my job and go somewhere for relaxation. I have nothing in common with my coworkers, and I’m so tired of working. I think that my life is not just about that. I can have a flexible job, not just at an office, but it could be anywhere in the world. I will be able to see the different things, amazing minority weddings, a variety of stuff / things, and so on in my future traveling.

Pronunciation

relaxation – ree lacks say shen

excellent – ecks sel lent

exercise – ecks ser saiizzz

Vocabulary

flexible – easy / able to change
versatile – good at many things / able to do many things
variety / various – many different types
eg. I am flexible, we can do video or voice, both are fine!
eg2. I am versatile, I can teach vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, adults and kids! I can do all of them well.
eg3. I have a variety of students – kids, adults, young, old!

surprised 

habit – xi guan
hobby – ai hao

custom – sth that you often do which is a part of your culture
eg. it is a custom in China to drink tea with your parents when you have your wedding
eg2. I drink tea with my parents as part of our custom

describe / describing – xing rong

Grammar

I had a nice trip to Japan. I traveled to Japan. I’m sick of traveling to Japan
I had a nice visit to Japan. I visited Japan. I’m sick of visiting Japan.
I had a good run in the park. I ran in the park. I’m sick of running in the park.
I do a long run every weekend. I did this run last weekend. I’m sick of this run.
I have a job at this company. I work in that company every day. I am sick of this job (specific) / sick of working (general)

My pen which is black is really good.
I have a good pen which is black.
My teacher is really nice

they didn’t know what each other looked like

Didi looks like a nice girl (a thing)
Jesse looks like a funny man (a thing)

i didn’t know what he said
Jesse said “Hello” (the words)