Open F2F Class Notes November 14th (Ben)

on December 12th

Vocabulary

a certification 证

If I pass the exam, I can get a certification.


register 报名

a registration fee

If I fail the exam, I will waste the registration fee.


Grammar

day –> on

On December 1st, on Monday, on Christmas Day, on Singles’ Day, on my birthday

Corrections

a snake –> a snack

I bought some snacks to eat.


I didn’t know what topic to write about.

The United Kingdom is a kingdom; it is called “united” because it is made of Great Britain (= England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

Image result for Great Britain


Original text

Have you ever tried to lose weight?
Yes,I had tried to lose weight. When I was a teenager, I was really slim. I remember I was 46 kg and 160 miters tall. After 18 years old, I liked to eat snacks and eat foods in the night after I went to sleep. So, my weight grow up to 60 kg. I tried to diet and have diet pills, but it was not work for long time, even two months. Nowadays, this question are not bother me.


Edited version

Have you ever tried to lose weight?
Yes, I have tried to lose weight. When I was a teenager, I was really slim. I remember I was 46 kilograms and 1.6 meters tall. After I turned 18, I liked to eat snacks and eat foods at night after I went to sleep. So, my weight grew up to 60 kg. I tried to diet and take diet pills, but it did not work for a long time, even just two months. Nowadays, this question does not bother me.

It works. –> It doesn’t work

That’s strange, the computer works but the phone doesn’t work.

It worked –> It didn’t work

Yesterday, the computer worked but the phone didn’t work