Online Class Notes (Tibo)

We drive to Fujian but we also met a traffic jam. It delayed 3h.
Many people got off work early. – > We drove to Fujian but we also met a traffic jam. It delayed us by 3h. / we got delayed by 3 h.
Many people got off work early. / many people had the same idea and traffic jams started earlier than we expected

The traffic jam was on the way out of Guangdong province. A lot of cars and people wanted to drive to other provinces. / A lot of people were going out of Guangdong for the holiday

We drove back to Shenzhen one day before the end, it was better. / the trip was smooth

We drove about 12h, it took around 8h to come back.
My husband drove so it depended on him. / my husband drove so we took breaks when he needed some.

We had games at the beginning, I began with a Chinese word then the children used this word to start another word.
Then they fell asleep in the car so I was responsible for talking to my husband to keep him awake.
I was afraid he may want to sleep so I kept talking all the way.

We went to the hometown of some famous people in the history. / we visited the hometown of some famous Chinese figures in history.
In the history he worked in the capital. During the Ming dynasty.

I think the building is incredible because we cannot imagine how they built it at that time.
It is very big and beautiful, some wooden doors and windows are really beautiful. / some wooden doors and windows are really well decorated
The building is still solid. / the building still stands strong.
The buildings will be different depends on the title. -> at that time, the higher your position the better the building you would have.  / back then your house depended on your job position.

Compared to the buildings in BJ, they are not so grand but they are of different types.
The environment is different so buildings are not the same.

We try to take our kids to visit more places.
We want to take them to learn more from the trips. We can show them something they cannot learn from books.
They are very interested in historical buildings
We usually go to other cities or visit the museums.

The food is not a big difference from my hometown -> The food is not (much) different from my hometown
We are all used to it.
Most of the food is fried and sweet.

We have been working for 5 days already.
We came back on Saturday and  worked also on Sunday so it was ok because other countries didn’t need to work on those days so we could finish the work we left before the holiday.

They move the holiday together to encourage you to travel.
During the holiday the highway is free. They encourage you to drive and travel around.

We have 2 big holidays / 2 major holidays , the golden week and the spring festival.
The highway is free during those 2 holidays.

The lunar new year may be in February.
It was also the mid autumn festival and we usually gather with family and friends during this holiday.

Vocabulary

decoration (n) something used to make a space more beautiful
The decoration on the door was really amazing

Dynasty (n) a family of kings or rulers
I bought a vase from the Ming Dynasty

nap (n) short sleep
we took a nap to rest

snack (n) something you eat outside of normal meals
I like to eat snacks in the afternoon, usually I usually eat chips

Pronunciation

imagine

solid

mud

nap

Grammar

the more … the more 
The more we travel the more we can discover about the world
the harder you study, the better your future job
The more we talk, the better my English (becomes)  / the more my English improves
The more drones develop the more we will use them for deliveries