Online Class Notes (Joe)

First, we reviewed your homework. After that, we discussed different perceptions of age differences between men and women.

Answer these questions:
1) If you were a famous singer, where would you live?
2) If you were married to the richest man in China, what would you ask him to give you for your birthday?
3) If your mother were the president of America, what would you ask her?
4) If your job was too hard, what would you do about it?
5) If your apartment was too small, where would you move to?
6) If one of your colleagues asked you to dinner, what would you say?

We should review the subjunctive mood and the four conditionals. Here is some more information on that.

Grammar

Subjunctive mood:

Examples of subjunctive mood

The subjunctive mood is the verb form used to explore a hypothetical situation (e.g., If I were you) or to express a wish, a demand, or a suggestion (e.g., I demand he be present).

If it were me, I’d go.
(As this explores a hypothetical situation, was becomes were.)
I wish it were real.
(As this expresses a wish, was becomes were.)
It is imperative that the game begin at once.
(As this expresses a demand, begins becomes begin.)
I propose he work full time.
(As this expresses a suggestion, works becomes work.)

Read more about the subjunctive mood at https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/subjunctive_mood.htm
or ask me to send you the articles if you cannot access this website.

Conditionals:

Conditionals describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn’t (in the past) . They are made using different English verb tenses.

• The Zero Conditional: General Truth
  (if + present simple, … present simple)
  If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
• The First Conditional: Likely to happen
  (if + present simple, … will/can + infinitive)
  If it rains tomorrow, we’ll go to the cinema.
• The Second Conditional: Unlikely to happen / impossible
  (if + past simple, … would/could + infinitive)
  If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
• The Third Conditional: An imaginary past
  (if + past perfect, … would + have + past participle)
  If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.

Read more about the subjunctive mood at https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/conditionals.html or ask me to send you the articles if you cannot access this website.

Pronunciation

tired – ˈtaɪəd

tierd – tɪəd

colleagues – ˈkɒliːgz

colleges – ˈkɒlɪʤɪz

specific – first and second vowel are the same  as the sound of /I/ in ‘sit’.

Vocabulary

hectic – full of activity
My job is hectic

busy – Life, people, machines, and schedules can be busy. Work cannot be busy.

My biggest problem currently is I should make more friends in my social life because I am 27 years old but I’m still single. My parents always urge me to make new friends however i always feel tired after my busy work, the only thing i want to do is taking a rest. Secondly, when I am facing to new friends, i always don’t know what i can talk with them, knowing each other is a difficult question to me. As Jesse said, the problem of mine is i have no interests to others. That’s also the reason why i have no specific hobby in my life.

My biggest problem currently is making more friends because I’m 27 years old but I’m still single. My parents always urge me to make new friends, however, I always feel tired after by hectic work. The only thing I want to do is get some rest. Secondly, when I am face-to-face with new friends, I never know what we can talk about. Getting to know each other is difficult for me. As Jesse said, my problem is that I have no interest in others. That’s also the reason why I have no specific hobbies in my life.