Online Class Notes (Joe)

We talked about your recent trip to the Changbai mountain. We discussed the difference between look, see and watch.

Let’s review how to use the present perfect continuous tense in different situations.

Grammar

I was restless yesterday because I don’t know if I can come back to Shanghai.
I was restless yesterday because I didn’t know if I could come back to Shanghai

Today, I wear just one layer of clothes
Today, I am wearing just one layer of clothes

I’m lucky enough to see the lake
I was lucky enough to see the lake

It’s in the top of the mountain
It’s at/on the top of the mountain

Tourists can only watch it (talking about the lake)
Tourists can only look at it
Tourists can only see it

We wear many clothes
We wore many layers of clothes

Vocabulary

restless (adj) – unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom
I was restless yesterday because I didn’t know if I could come back to Shanghai

unrest (noun) – a state of dissatisfaction, disturbance, and agitation, typically involving public demonstrations or disorder.
There was a lot of unrest in the city

under the weather (expression) – slightly sick
I was under the weather last year

dormant (adj) – Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended
I have no dormant bank accounts because I closed them before I left Germany

clothes (noun) – uncountable
layers (noun) – countable
Today, I am wearing just one layer of clothes

wool (noun) – material from sheep
woolen (adj) – material from sheep
Yesterday, I wore three layers of woolen clothes

sports (noun) – have a winner / loser

exercise (noun) – physical activities which don’t usually have a winner or loser

athletics (noun) – activities which are usually done for exercise but can have a winner / loser in special events

Pronunciation

volcano – /vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/