*PROFILE TEMPLATE*

After playing with my quiet book, I have class

Vocabulary

want a job? – do you want to work for me?

on the house – free
eg. I will make you a coffee on the house = I will make you a coffee for free.

what does that mean?

grabs him
picks him up / lifts him up

just then

see through – you can look from one side to the other side
eg. glass is see through

jar – glass
can – metal

My friend just called me. – gang gang
My friend called me just then. – gang gang

explode (v) / explosion (n)
eg. there was a big explosion in the cafe
eg2. the coffee machine exploded

shocked – very surprised

destroyed – lots of damage / broken

Grammar

he wants to hide from the workman

he don’t know how to make it – he doesn’t know

Pronunciation

window – win dow

after / before / when / which / who / due to the fact that / as…

After the WM sees there’s people line up at the tent he is very angry due to the fact that there’s people lining up at the tent so it means there’s someone in his tent. After a woman goes away, the WM came and he is very angry. Suddenly MB closes his / the window but then he puts the money in his basket, also all of the things which is on the table. He do this things quick as he can and run away from the tent and the barista asks him if he wants a job and they go in the cafe. Meanwhile, the workman is finding him in the tent but they already go in the cafe but just then he finds MB again and he lifts him up but MB just said “c..c….coffee?”. Then the WM says “on the house?” and MB says “m…m..maybe” and then the WM says “that one, the biggest one” and MB is so worried about it because he doesn’t know how to make that.

After the WM sees there are people lining up at the tent, he is very angry due to the fact that there are people lining up at the tent so it means there’s someone in his tent. After a woman goes away, the WM comes and he is very angry. Suddenly MB closes his / the window but then he puts a jar of money in his basket, also all of the things which are on the table. He does these things as quick as he can and runs away from the tent before the barista asks him if he wants a job so they go in the cafe. Meanwhile, the workman is finding him in the tent but they already go in the cafe just before the workman goes in and finds MB again and he lifts him up but MB just says “c..c….coffee?”. Then the WM says “on the house?” so MB says “m…m..maybe” but when the WM says “that one, the biggest one” and MB is so worried about it because he doesn’t know how to make it.

I have class before having afternoon tea.

I have class and then I have afternoon tea

today we learned the CCP’s history

I left SH a week earlier than planned
I left SH a week before the time that I was going to leave.
I left SH a week ahead of schedule 

With my pen, I write my answer.
I write my answer with my pen.

With the development of technology that allows us to communicate online, our lives are improving.

The debate over XYZ has not stopped / has never stopped.

I drink coffee
I have never drunk coffee

it is good for the quality of life for all humans / for everyone / for the human race.

I have a really good diet and my diet is as follows / which is what I wrote below. 

Apples
Oranges
Meat

there are 2 sides to the argument, as follows

side A

side B

2 sides of the arguement should be considered and they are as follows.

for another thing – furthermore / on top of that / additionally 

I like both apples and oranges
There are many issues with robots including both the cost as well as the technology investment. 

it leads to the worsening / reduction of safety / securtity

your hard work leads to a better quality of life and improving your skills.

it leads to sth – present simple
it has lead to sth – already
it led to sth – past

you are good company
i think company is important

accompany – v
company – n

I have many hobbies like going shopping, playing with my friends, playing guitar, and books.

have caution
be cautious / continue to be cautious / stay cautious (adj)

keep = don’t let it go
stay = continue to be
eg. I want to stay with my wife and keep her happy.

Doris Yawns: 5

Grammar

in the sunday – on Sunday

Doing my homework is tiring

he is happy

I point at you.
I shout at you.
I throw it at you.
I throw it to you.

I talk to you – normal
I talk at you – cold and not caring
I talk with you – sharing

Vocabulary

x-ray
eg. he takes an x-ray of MB’s mouth

a piece of metal

go forward < > go backward

after that / next / following that / which / who / +s / when

Mr Bean is in the chair and the dentist drills his tooth and takes off it. After that, the dentist put a metal after the dinosaur’s horn. Then he check the xray but MB stands up and check the xray too. However, the dentist is angry so he shouted at him and pointed at him too. Also, MB goes back to the chair.

murder – to kill someone
eg. I will murder you!

big wind – strong wind / the wind is very strong

the room is for rent 

who = people
which = things and animals

Vocabulary

butler – a man who lives with rich people and help them open the door etc

bib – a thing we wear when we want to eat and keep our clothes clean

sigh

sign – biao zhi

mansion

pig pen

chicken lays an egg

Grammar

a 3 year old child
a 3 years old child

I am 3 years old 

He is a 3 year old child

2 beautifuls girls
2 beautiful girls

the taste is good
the taste is not good
it doesn’t taste good 

it looks good
it looks not good
it doesn’t look good 

My teacher makes me do my homework
My mum lets me play games

So MB sleeps in the park and stretch his arm and he thought the bird was his teethbrush so he brushes his teeth but the taste is not very good so MB throws the bird away. After he throws the bird away he put on his clothes which is a tie and jacket. He flips the newspaper and put back the rubbish into the rubbish bin. When he sees a newspaper, he is happy because it’s talking about house renting. He finally can have a place to sleep! He finds the people who is renting the house and he clicks the bell and the woman who looks like a witch, comes out and MB askes her if the house is for rent. She lets him to look at her room which has a sofa and some fire in it. It was warm and beautiful.

So MB sleeps in the park and stretches his arms and he thought the bird was his toothbrush so he brushes his teeth but it doesn’t taste good so MB throws the bird away. After he throws the bird away he puts on his clothes which is a tie and jacket. He flips the newspaper and puts back the rubbish into the rubbish bin. When he sees a newspaper, he is happy because it’s talking about house renting / rentals. He finally can have a place to sleep! He finds the people who is renting the house and he presses the bell and the woman who looks like a witch, comes out and MB asks her if the house is for rent. She lets him to look at her room which has a sofa and a fireplace in it which is warm and beautiful.

Vocabulary

groceries

the meat is very soft / tender 

basic = simple

basically / simply
basic (easy) = simple (not complex)
eg. some grammar is very basic

subjective – everyone has their own thinking
objective – fact

general word – eraser
specific word – that’s a marvel, spiderman eraser from china

a load of sth = a lot of sth

no homework this time

try not to use too many “and” – try to use when / after / before / which / who

Mr Bean turned off the light and he went to bed but he wrestled so Mrs Wicket who is fat and her cat woke up. The cat was covered by a quilt, it stretched out its hand and tail. She who was scary went to upstairs and went into MB’s room and went to his bed. He had to go away and he took the teddy away too.

After Mr Bean turned off the light and he went to bed but he fell over so Mrs Wicket, who is fat, and her cat woke up. The cat, which was covered by a quilt, stretched out its hand and tail. MW, who was scary, went to upstairs and after she went into MB’s room, she went to his bed. He had to go away so he took the teddy away too.

Grammar

when / after / before – talking about 2 things that are related to the time

When I go to school, I learn a lot
When she goes into MB’s room, she is scary
After I finish class, I go home
After I finish class, go home.

Before I have class with Jesse, I review my notes.

I have a pen. It is black.

Vocabulary

I played games on my ipad 

business trip 

polite – li mao

strict – yan ge

if you make mistakes, the teacher will be angry

subject = zhu yu

lie down / lie on – tang xia

alarm clock – nao zhong

my phone is ringing
the alarm clock rings 

straight up

she is deaf = she can’t hear anything

snore – the sound we make when we sleep

it doesn’t work – it’s not useful

pork = pig meat
eg. pork makes Jupiter fat

when / after / before – talking about 2 things that are related to the time

not many “ands“!!!!!!!

Missus Wicket = Mrs Wicket

Mrs Wicket lie on MB’s bed. The cat sleeped on MW who was strange. MB coughed because he wanted MW get up but it’s not a good way. He change the time on his alarm clock so it was ringing. The cat was scared so it went away.

and / but / so / because / when / which / who / after / before

1. trying to make good sentences
2. trying to not make mistakes

conjunctions – and / but / so / because / when / which / who

don’t use “the ___” all the time, try to use “it / he / she / they…” 

check your tenses

who
eg. I have a friend and he is called Ben. = I have a friend who is called Ben / I have a friend who is Ben.

which = and it
who = and he / she / they

I send a message to him / I send him a message

do – I swim every day.
did – I swam yesterday / I swam during my graduation.
have done – I have swum 5 times in my life / in the last 3 years. / I have traveled to Japan.
will do – I will swim tomorrow.
am doing – I am swimming now.

How many times have you swum in your life? I have swum 100 times.

How many times do you swim every month? I swim 3 times every month.

How many times did you swim last week? I swam 3 times last week.

Vocabulary

loot – things to find (n) / steal things (v)
eg. we found lots of loot (n) and we looted (v) it.

Today is Wednesday May 1st.I went to the Internet bar with my friend to play a game which is called Project Zomboid and this game can to played with other people through the Internet,we spent the whole morning playing the game.In the afternoon, I watched some videos of outdoor travel on YouTube，on the one hand I think it can improve my English ,on the other hand I also very interested in outdoor travel,so I think this is a good way to learn English.

Today is Wednesday May 1st. I went to an internet bar with my friend to play a game which is called Project Zomboid and we can play this game through the Internet / online, and we spent the whole morning playing the / this game / it. In the afternoon, I watched some videos of outdoor travel on YouTube，and / because on the one hand I think it can improve my English, and / but on the other hand I am also very interested in outdoor travel, so I think it is a good way to learn English.

Grammar

I am so bored
I am happy
I am interested
I am here
I am Henry

Ambiguous Amphibian (YouTube) – Project zomboid and Rimworld

the internet bar
an internet bar

I can speak English
I can dance

I could speak English

I will speak English

I can play this game
This game can be played

passive voice – 被动语态
1. put the object first
2. add a “be” verb with the time
3. the verb becomes 完成

drink / drank / drunk 

I drink water
Water is drunk by me

eat / ate / eaten 

I ate breakfast
Breakfast was eaten by me

I am happy
I was happy yesterday

Today I got up early because I was feeling hungry so I bought soy milk takeout for breakfast. I went to city park and spent 10 minutes to run because I think it is healthy. After that, I came home to play computer games with my friend which is named / called Project Zomboid. It is a very good game. I heard this game from my good friend Jim who is so good at this game. We shot the people, some other player. We found many guns in other players’ corpses.

This restaurant is downstairs my apartment called sichuan food restaurant. It is a really popular restaurant in our city. I think there’s some reason. The first is the restaurant have many C T F and this food is cheaper and delicious and since it’s very close our community, so many people / customers will choose this restaurant.

I want to talk about one of my favorite places which is called SFR. It’s a really popular restaurant in our city and there are many reasons for that. In my opinion, one of the reasons is, the restaurant has many CTF and this food is cheaper and delicious. Furthermore, it’s close to my home / apartment complex so many people choose to go there. So I’m really looking forward to going there next time.  / So I would suggest that you go there next time you’re in my city.

authentic = real

this is the best game
this is my favorite game = 5.0

this is the best game i’ve ever played in my whole life – 6.5 >

this is the greatest film in the entire world – 6.5 >

call my friends (not call with my friends)

The value of housing and lands has been reduced.

Economy (is the status of money and wealth in a country) and economics (is the knowledge of economy)

workforce

Pronunciation

Products

produce

usually

Uncomfortable

I’ve travelled to ( not travelled in)

I’ve been to Thailand (not I’ve been in Thailand)

I haven’t thought about it ( not haven’t think about it)

That’s how it was imposed to them.

It brought them up this way.

* informal greeting:

How are you? Not bad, not so great, fine

How’s everything going on with you? Everything’s going on well , good but could be better, good can’t complain

What have you been up to lately ? I’ve been studying English lately. Nothing new, work, life , same as always.

Grammar

Present simple : talking about general facts and daily routine.

present continuous: talking about something we are doing at this moment.
present perfect: 1. Something we did in the past but result is present: I have done my homework.

I/you/we/they have +V3

She/he/it has+V3

2. talking about experiences: I have been to Japan.
Have you ever tried Italian food?

No, I have never tried Italian food.
Yes, I have tried Italian food.( do not use ever in the answer)

Vocabulary

Tempting

advantage (good point of something)

advance

pursue passion

Heads up: I want to give you a heads up about changes of marketing strategy next week.

Keep me in the loop: keep me updated

how long? – duo jiu
how many times? – ji ci
eg. how many times have you played eggy party in your life?
I have played it about 50 times

which = and it
eg. I have a toy. It is blue. = I have a toy which is blue.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

cheap – pian yi
expensive – gui

chips are very cheap
this pen is very expensive

Vocabulary

about / around – zuo you

hurt – teng
eg. does it hurt?

it’s the first of May – 1/5

I am on holidays

barbecue lamb 

why is it dark in your room?

I pick it up.
I take it.
I put it down.

point – zhi

push – tui

2 bodyguards

actually – qi shi

popular – many people love it

photo – zhao pian

rip
eg. he rips the menu

punch – da

each other – bi ci
eg. we talk to each other
eg2. we like each other

duck
eg. MB ducks
eg2. ducks always duck to eat fish

jump on / over

chase – run and try to catch someone

run away – run and try to not let someone catch you

let – rang – you want to do it
make – rang – you don’t want to do it
eg. I make Deric learn many words!! 🙁

learn – xue

Grammar

verbs – do (make / go / live / see / run / think / fly) / is (am / was / were / are / be)

the pizza shop’s boss makes pizza which is so small

I have a pen which is small.

Then 2 bodyguards open the door and push MB into the house because the pizza shop’s boss wants to eat MB’s pizza but actually the pizza shop’s boss wants to know why MB’s pizza is so popular. Then, the pizza shop’s boss points to his photo so MB feels angry because he makes pizza which is so small.

Grammar

I’ll tell you how unbelievable of xiaomi – how unbelievable xiaomi is

I don’t know who you are.

i didn’t got the chance – I didn’t get the chance

a lot of capitals – a lot of capital

Vocabulary

this KOL gets a lot of traffic

there’s a big buzz around Elon Musk

he has a cult following / he has developed a cult like status / a celebrity status

he has a celebrity status

the video went viral

MRI – like a CT scan

14.5

Vocabulary

she was pregnant – the baby is inside / she was having a baby (she was giving birth) – the baby is coming out

abdominal muscles
i have abdominal pain = stomach / belly

I assume you went to school today
presume – same as assume, before sth

preview

fruitful – useful / you make progress
eg. learning English with Jesse has been fruitful for Ryuto

Pronunciation

next – eh / egg

field – feeeld

moment

ran – apple
run

determined – de ter mined

that

huge – “h you j” 

happy
hi
hello
he

OK? Yes.

groan – gr ow n

But a huge groan from the whole Berry team followed. Harry’s kick had sent the ball off the field.
“Corner kick for Yardley,” called Mr. Gates.

“What did you do that for?” Brad hissed at Harry.

soccer game
soccer team
kick the ball
pass the ball
pass to your teammate
soccer player
warm up
win
lose
team A beat team B
first half
second half
score a goal
good shot

I can speak English
You can speak Chinese
I can win
They can win

What was the score?

Who scores a goal?

How does Brad feel?

Is the ball in or out?
The ball is out.

First a boy’s team talk about the soccer game. Teacher said “come on everyone!” because the players don’t think they can win. Then they warm up because they play soccer game on time. The first half score was 1 – 0. Brad scores a goal and he feel very happy. Brad kicks the ball

He play a game with his players but the team lost that ball.

Vocabulary

housewarming party = a party when someone moves house

his house is a 1 hour walk away from my house

there are 4 of us going there

almost never / very rarely / once in a blue moon

pencil it (the plan) in / penciled in = unconfirmed plan
eg. lets pencil in a lesson for this saturday at 4pm
eg. the lesson is penciled in for this saturday

we will gather together this weekend
get together

vegetarian restaurant

if they didn’t inform me that it was vegetarian, maybe i couldnt tell that it was vegetarian

Q. can you tell the difference between sam and jesse?
Q. can you tell which one is sam, and which one is jesse?

high stakes gambling = gambling with a lot of money

lend (give) < > borrow (take)

Vocabulary

mingle
eg. i did some mingling at the event

she picked me up from the airport

pick me = choose me
pick me up = get me and take me somewhere

we screened out 2 of the groups due to a lack of interest
we screened the groups to see the numbers for each one, and these 2 groups were excluded due to lack of interest.

popular – lots of people like it
famous – lots of people know it – known for positive
infamous – known for something negative

simultaneously / concurrently – at the same time

week on week off – week A we do it, week B we don’t.

fortnightly meeting – every 2 weeks
biweekly – could mean every 2 weeks, could mean twice a week.

Firstly it is on a fortnightly schedule, so week on week off, every second week. There are 2 schedules with schedule A including XYZ topics and schedule B including TUV topics. Each schedule will run the meetings for each topic concurrently / simultaneously.

Grammar

there are many foreigners come to Shanghai – there are many foreigners coming to SH / there are many foreigners who are coming to SH / who have come 

took a conference – attend / went to 

most of people in the campus – most people / most of the people 

since that my bf had finished his studies – since / because / as / due to the fact that. 

when she told something that I couldn’t understand – when she told me something that I couldn’t understand

i told that we will not stay in SH – I told her that we … / I said that we we…

tell / told – need an object

sorry I didn’t get to see you today, see you next time

today we learned past tense Was/Were

Pronunciation

stripes – long “I”
strips – short “i”

wip – short “i”
wipe – long “I”

strange – ay
stranger – ay

Vocabulary

host – zhu chi ren

if it’s not time for a meal they will give you some snacks

since I have long hair, I look like a girl

exchange – verb
eg. I exchange money for food

just then – gang gang

Grammar

a blue clothes – some blue clothes 

I have some clothes. I like the clothes.
I have some clothes. I like them.

First a stranger came to Jill’s garden. Then she asked Jill to gave him some soup. Jill gave her the soup. The stranger gave her some magic seeds to exchange her. Next, she climbed high in the sky and suddenly see a castle which is beautiful and strong / sturdy. Jill saw a harp in the castle. Just then a giant came out of his bedroom. When Jill says “I am collecting the beans” he said, “I love beans”. At last she gave the giant the beans and the giant gave her a harp to exchange her. In the end, the giant said if she had more beans, can she give him the beans? The end!

First a stranger came to Jill’s garden and then he asked Jill to give him some soup. Jill gave him the soup. The stranger exchanged some magic seeds to get the soup. Next, she climbed high in the sky and suddenly saw a castle which was beautiful and strong / sturdy. Jill saw a harp in the castle. All of a sudden a giant came out of his bedroom. When Jill said “I am collecting the beans” he said, “I love beans”. At last she gave the giant the beans and the giant exchanged his harp for them. In the end, the giant asked if she had more beans, could she give him the beans? The end!

qian bao
purse – women
wallet – men
eg. the purse spills on the ground

Grammar

tomorrow’s tomorrow – the day after tomorrow

yesterday’s yesterday – the day before yesterday

he has no place to store his yarn so Dragon builds a yarn box

it looks very well – it looks very good / nice 

well – adv 副词
good – adj 形容词

I speak English very well 
My English is very good

I speak very slow / slowly – adv
I am very slow – adj

Vocabulary

review
replay
re = again
reorganise = organise again

organise – to put things in a place to make it look nice / be better

closet – a place for your clothes
eg. Kimi stores his clothes in his closet and his organises his closet

grin – smile

side by side – next to each other

no MB – he

Then MB use his scissors to cut the rope around teddy’s hands and he saw a lots of toys of animals was on the truck tied with sticky tape / rope so he cuts all the sticky tape or rope around the animal’s hands and now all the animals was in his house.

At night after MB’s neighbor fell asleep at his home and he couldn’t woke her up he decises to take her back to her home to sleep. He ties her on his mattress which is small and carries her downstairs to her home and puts her on the armchair. He puts a quilt on her to make her feel warm. His neighbor’s hand is still up which is like she is sleepwalking so MB tries to put it down. However, it doesn’t work so he quits. Suddenly, his neighbor’s cat scrataches her which makes her wake up so he hides under the quilt. When his neighbor sees him under the quilt she thinks that it is her cat, but her cat jumps next to her so she realises that it is not her cat so she kicks him out from her home.

At night after MB’s neighbor fell asleep at his home and he couldn’t wake her up so he decides to take her back to her home to sleep. He ties her on his mattress which is small and carries her downstairs to her home and puts her on the armchair. He puts a quilt on her to make her feel warm but his neighbor’s hands are still up which is like she is sleepwalking so MB tries to put them down. However, it doesn’t work so he quits / gives up. Suddenly, his neighbor’s cat scrataches her which makes her wake up so he hides under the quilt. When his neighbor sees him under the quilt she thinks that it is her cat, but her cat jumps next to her so she realises that it is not her cat so she kicks him out from her home.

Vocabulary

bird bath 

rent – zu (v)
eg. I rent my house

when / which / who / background!!

When MB wakes up at the park on the bench he turn off the alarm clock which is on the table next to the bench, that MB is lying on. After that, he went to the bird bath and catches the bird which is standing on it and usees it to brush his teeth and it tastes weird. So he throws the bird away. Then he ties his tie on his neck and sits on the bench as he is sleepy.

Manor Lords

I have a friend called Jack
I have a friend who is called Jack
I have a cat called Ben
I have a cat who / which is called Ben

graduated – bi ye

congratulations / congratulate
eg. the student graduated so I congratulated him!

send – fa
eg. I send you a message on WeChat

Every day I go there (every day / sometimes / often / occasionally)
Yesterday I went there
Tomorrow I will go there
I have been there so many times (in my life)

I do it – anytime – who cares about the time
I did it – at a past time
I will do it – at a future time
I have done it – already

Grammar

past – add “ed” / “t” / change the word
do / did / have done
wake / woke / woken
eat / ate / eaten
go / went / been
spend / spent / spent
walk / walked / walked
dance / danced / danced
write / wrote / written
meet / met / met
don’t / didn’t / have not

re = again
view = see
review = see again

replay
relay
report

how often do you go to another country?
I go to another country once a year

How many times? – ji ci
How much time? / how long? – duo jiu

Pronunciation

psych = your brain – “saik”
psychologist – “sai kol lo jist”

physio = body
psych = mind

Vocabulary

diary – sounds like “die” – I will write my diary until I die!

100% – 1 hundred per cent

Do you like ice cream? Yes, 100%

review – fu xi

Today is Sunday April 28th.I got up very late because last night I played Kingdom come which is a very popular computer game and I ordered steamed dumplings takeout for breakfast. After that, I spend two hours to finish my reading notes. because I have a reading session next week which is about psychanalysis,I think this session will be very interesting.In the afternoon, I watched funny videos all afternoon on Bilibili.In the evening, I memorized words and writed to improve my English.

Today is Sunday April 28th. I got up very late because last night I played Kingdom Come Deliverence which is a very popular computer game and I ordered steamed dumplings takeout for breakfast. After that, I spent two hours to finish my reading notes, because I have a reading session next week which is about psychoanalysis, and I think this session will be very interesting. In the afternoon, I watched funny videos all afternoon on Bilibili. In the evening, I memorized words and writed my diary to improve my English.

and / but / so / because / when / which / who 

I will describe a friend whose name’s Carol / who is named Carol. Firstly, I meet at school when we don’t want to go to class and we climb the wall to go outside and we play outside. One time we climb the wall at COVID 19. We don’t want go to class all week. We ask our classmates to help us to go outside / to run away because the college class is very stupid. We play games and we climb mountains and go to cinema to watch the movies and many things.

I will describe a friend whose name’s Carol / who is named Carol. Firstly, I met her at school when we didn’t want to go to class and we climbed the wall to go outside and we played outside. One time we climbed the wall during COVID 19. We didn’t want to go to class all week. We asked our classmates to help us to go outside / to run away because the college class is very stupid. We played games and we climbed mountains and went to cinema to watch the movies and did many things.

This content belongs to class for Richard on 25.04.2024:

Underground transportation system

That’s it (when you want to say what you just said is enough and have nothing more left to say)

It’s familiar to me.

Vocabulary

admire ( when you heartily compliment someone and you try to learn from that person)

Daily routine ( things you do every day or you usually do like or a habit or permanent behavior you have every day or usually )

Grammar

At the table ( I sit at the table not in front or on the table)

What’s weather like in malaysia now? ( don’t say what does weather like)

* present simple

1. For daily routine you use present simple:

I go to school every day.
I usually take a bus.
Here adverbs of frequencies are used:

Always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom ( or occasionally or hardly ever), never

I/you/we/they go to school every day.

She/He/it goes to school every day. ( not actually meaningfully correct to use this sentence for it but just to show you the difference)

Q:
Do I/you/we/they go to school every day?
Yes, you/I/we/they do.
No, you/I/we/they don’t.
Does he/she/it go to school every day?
Yes, he/she/it does.

No, he/she/it doesn’t.

2. We use present simple to talk about general facts about our lives:

I have a sister.

I like coffee.
I live in China.

General discussion on business and work matters related to online article:

https://www.euromonitor.com/press/press-releases/jan-2023/euromonitor-reveals-top-10-global-consumer-trends-in-2023

Topics discussed on consumers trends

Workplace strategy and work life balance

Vocabulary

Disruptive (扰乱市场) – innovation that transforms expensive or highly sophisticated products or services—previously accessible to a high-end or more-skilled segment of consumers—to those that are more affordable and accessible to a broader population. This transformation disrupts the market by displacing long-standing, established competitors.

Digitisation (数据) – Adaptation of a system, process, etc. to be operated with the use of computers and the internet:

Profession (专业) – A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification:

Class notes intended for: 16th April 2024

Debating and persuasion techniques.

Topics based on:

– School punishment for parents?

– Should athletes get paid more than teachers?

– Will robots / AI replace teachers?

– Should students be paid to study?

This note belongs to class on 27.04.2024:

Vocabulary

Penguin

Zebra

Kangaroo

Crocodile

Flamingo

Lizard

Camel

Jungle

Chew

Roar

Curtain

Blind

Shutter

Garage

Path

Fence

Gate

Grammar

Present continuous:

Are you/we/they watching TV now?
Yes, I am/we are/they are. I am/we are/they are watching TV now.

Is she/he/it playing with ball now?
No, she/he/it isn’t. She/he/it isn’t playing with ball now.

Pronunciation

or: fork, horse, corn

aw: straw, paw, yawn

Quotation mark is to show someone is speaking:

“Thank you” says the lion.

today we learned lesson 8, 1A

After MB boils the water he adds some milk. Meanwhile he makes a sound “pupupupupuplipmatblubblublub…..”. But he needs some milk foam. Suddenly he hears a sound which is from the bike and he gets some foam from a basket. Following that, he puts the foam in the cup and adds some chocolate. Then he gaves it to the man and he says “yummmm!”

After MB boils the water he adds some milk. Meanwhile he makes a sound “pupupupupuplipmatblubblublub…..”. But he needs some milk foam and suddenly he hears a sound which is from the bike and he gets a pump from a basket. Following that, he uses the pump to make some foam in the cup and adds some chocolate. Then he gives it to the man and he says “yummmm!”

Next, he tells everyone it is a bargain and everyone come to his cafe and to buy coffee. First, one man says he wants to have a cappucino and MB closes his window and he pretends to make coffee boil and he gives it to him. Following that, a woman also wants to drink cappucino and MB gets some water from the tap and pretends to boil again. Then he gives the coffee to the woman. He repeats it again and again. Following that, the barista thinks why there’s no people line up and he looks outside and he sees there’s people lining up at MB’s cafe and he looks a little bit angry. Meanwhile, a bike woman realises the pump is not there. Also, the workman notices there are people lining up at the tent.

Next, he tells everyone it is a bargain and everyone comes to his cafe to buy coffee. First, one man says he wants to have a cappucino so MB closes his window and he pretends to make coffee boil. After finishing the coffee, he gives it to him. Following that, a woman also wants to drink cappucino. After he gets some water from the tap, he pretends to boil again. Then he gives the coffee to the woman. He repeats it again and again. Following that, when the barista thinks why are there no people lining up and he looks outside and he sees there are people lining up at MB’s cafe. He looks a little bit angry because there are no people at his cafe. Meanwhile, a bike woman realises the pump is not there. Also, the workman notices there are people lining up at his tent.

Grammar

After finishing riding my bike, I have a class.
After I played with my quiet book, I played with another quiet book.

I had class and after I finished class, I played with my quiet book.
I had class. After I finished class, I played with my quiet book.
I had class and after finishing class, I played with my quiet book.

give – gave – given

everyone comes
everyone goes 

they come and buy coffee – they do both of these things
they come to buy coffee – reason

to do
to does

Vocabulary

pump –  a thing we use to put air in wheels / tires

bargain – very cheap!

chokrate – chocolate -“choc o late”

could you repeat that please?

Pronunciation

“he / she / it / name look sout”

she thinks

busy < > quiet
eg. my work was quiet today (not much work)
eg. the cafe is a bit quiet today (not many people)

loud < > quiet

today , tomorrow , the day AFTER tomorrow

today, yesterday , the day BEFORE yesterday

two teams of 2

||    ||

4 teams of 2

||    ||      ||     ||

5 teams of 3

|||     |||      |||    |||    |||

casino = a place for gambling

round = one part of a game

i really less to play that games
i dont play those games very often
i rarely play those games

chip = a casino coin
eg. i bought a $5 chip at the casino

addicted (adjective) / addiction (noun) – cant stop doing something (eg. drugs/alcohol/gambling)
eg. i was addicted to cigarettes
eg. i had a cigarette addiction

Grammar

does Judy will come to Malaysia? – will Judy come to Malaysia?

if I am generous to them I will get a lot in return from them

What do I get in return? 

there was a staff to take sick leave – there was a staff member who took sick leave
there was a thing which happened
there was a woman who walked
there was a Jamen who played

no one else to asked me

She had no idea what she could have gotten.

I sit on the bed and talk to Jamen. Jamen is in bed because he’s sleeping.

this is not a bad coffee
this is not a big problem

this was a not bad thing – this was not a bad thing 

I am 1 year older than you
I will be 5 minutes late
I am 2 cm taller than you
I am 5 years younger than you

this is a big problem – this is a problem big

change a verb to a noun – add “ing”

Dancing is hard
I like dancing
I like coffee

until
eg. I will have class until 7:30.

green color is good for your eyes

Vocabulary

award

article – wen zhang

housing crisis – a really bad situation for renting or buying a house
eg. there was a housing crisis in Australia for the last few years

inflation – the % that the market increases by every year

28/4/24

My mother in law is on the way back to china because there was a thing happen two days ago which was her mother passed away so she need to go back to china at once . Her mother has been sick on bed for 4 years so we thought that was a not bad thing for her and she is 90+ years old. My mother in law changed her airline ticket on that day so she went back to china earlier like one week than planned .

Thanks my mother in law to help us a lot of on amen’s school holidays . Jamen didn’t want his grandma to go back to china so he is so sad and I hope that Jamen will be has in a good mood very soon .

My father in law is going to stay in Australia until in the end of the year. He has been trying to help us for seven years so thanks for this .

28/4/24

My mother in law is on the way back to china because there was a thing which / that happened two days ago which was her mother passed away so she needed to go back to china at once. Her mother has been sick in bed for 4 years so we thought that it was not a bad thing for her and she is 90+ years old so it’s a good time to go / so she has had a long life. My mother in law changed her flight on that day so she went back to china 1 week earlier than planned.

Thanks to my mother in law for helping us a lot of during Jamen’s school holidays. Jamen didn’t want his grandma to go back to china so he is so sad and I hope that Jamen will be has in a good mood very soon.

My father in law is going to stay in Australia until in the end of the year. He has been trying to help us for seven years so thanks for this.

i dont really do a lot of western customer because they come for small treatment like X Y Z. They don’t really want to do laser treatment or injectable with us so that kind of treatments are virgo and ashley will help me to do it. I just focus huge treatments like laser, like P, like Ul. I need to spend time to take care of my regular customer. They are big customers.

punish sb for doing sth

resurrect – bring someone back from the dead
eg. I resurrected lucky after she died and became a zombie dog

Vocabulary

tanning salon

Grammar

stop / prevent sb from doing sth

and then he came across a woman who was using the tanning bed. MB felt disgusted and embarrassed while the woman felt furious and opened the window, shouting bad words at him. MB was shocked and almost fell down the window sil. Luckily he grabbed the ladder which prevented him from plunging into hell / his death. The woman closed her curtains and shouted one more bad word at MB before shutting the curtains, preventing MB to never visit her again.

Following that, he came across a woman who was using the tanning bed. MB felt disgusted and embarrassed while the woman was furious and opened the window, shouting bad / swear words at him / reprimanding him. MB was shocked and almost fell down from / off the window sil. Luckily he grabbed the ladder which prevented him from plunging into hell / to his death. The woman closed her curtains and shouted one more bad word at MB before shutting the curtains, preventing MB from ever visiting her again.

MB slid down the ladder with his hands burnt from the hot metal under the hot sun. While MB swore, the 2 TMs shouted at MB to keep going and climb back up. MB was frustrated because the man was already… and he couldn’t possibly climb back up again so when he looked up he discovered a bundle of rope which was on top of the van. Excited, he moved the rope and went picking the flowers that the old man and woman owned and gave them the exact flowers to bribe them into letting him come to their house.

abagabagabagabagaa brrrrrr = I’m angry

Late update: class on 20th April 2024:

Vocabulary

Swim

Snorkel

Dive

Surf

Sail

Waterski

Kayak

Polluted

Clean

Dangerous

Safe

Satellite dish

Chimney

Wall

Stairs

Garden

Pronunciation

-all

Ball, Mall, Wall, Tall, Small

Grammar

After like we use “ing” form of the verb if talking about habits:

Do you like cooking?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.

:I love playing soccer.

:  I don’t. I prefer playing tennis.

:Oh, I don’t like tennis.

: I don’t like skateboarding.

:Neither do I. But I like playing volleyball.

:Great! So do I.

Can you write it down? 

Can you say that again? 

What does ___ mean? 

How do you say ____ in English?
eg. How do you say this thing in English?

I don’t know what it means. 

How do you feel when you high five?

Why does Brad want to high five?

goal – the thing that we kick the ball into
eg. He kicks the ball into the goal

still – hai you
Our class in 30 minutes. We still have 15 minutes.

Pronunciation

we’ve – we have

I’d – I would

I’m – I am

scorn
score

red

How does Brad score?

enormous

straight – “strayt”
street

thrilling

moment

verb
ber
her
turn

Grammar

I have been sick for 2 weeks

When will we finish class? We will finish class at 5:30

We start class at 4:30 and we finish class at 5:30

How long is this class? This class is 1 hour.

How long did you watch TV for? I watched TV for 1 hour

How many times have you flown a kite? I have flown a kite 3 times

When was your birthday? It was last Saturday

Did you get a gift on your birthday? gift – li wu – Yes I got a gift

which = and it 
I have a pen. It is black. = I have a pen and it is black = I have a pen which is black. 
I went to a park. It was beautiful. = I went to a park which was beautiful. 

Subject + Verb + Object
主语+动词+宾语

I like it 
I go home 
I see a dog which is big

Vocabulary

spinning top

tonight = today’s night

An English teacher teaches children.
A pizza delivery man delivers pizza

last < > next
last week < > next week
last month < > next month
last year < > next year
last class < > next class
last Monday < > next Monday

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

There is X there (1)
There are X there (2+)

There is a ball on my head

There is not any X there
There are not any X there / There are no X there

There are not any people outside / There are no people outside

There are no people buying his pizza. 
There is not a boy standing behind you. 

There is a boy at your home. Who is he?

he leans on the chair

he picks him up / he lifts him up

scared / afraid – hai pa
nervous – jin zhang

need – xu yao

but that is it! no more! we’re closed.

Can you say that again?

His house is very expensive!

expensive < > cheap

cheap – pian yi
expensive – gui

chips are very cheap
this pen is very expensive

customer – ke ren

and / but / so / because / when / which 

The teddy is on the table because he needs to help MB to answer the phone. Then, the pizza shop boss picks the pizza delivery man up. He feels so angry because there are no people buying his pizza. He finds MB’s pizza menu and he calls MB. Then MB is coming and he is tired so he leans on the chair. A customer calls MB. The customer is the pizza shop boss. MB drives his car to the customer’s home which is so big and expensive.

The teddy is on the table and it leans on the phone because he needs to help MB to answer the phone. Then, the pizza shop‘s boss picks the pizza delivery man up. He feels so angry because there are no people buying his pizza. He finds MB’s pizza menu which is on the table and he calls MB. Then MB goes home and he is tired so he leans on the chair. A customer calls MB. The customer is the pizza shop boss. MB drives his car to the customer’s home which is so big and expensive.

speaking 6.0
writing 5.5
reading 6.0
listening 5.0

who is first? / who’s first?
Me!

duo shao qian – duo aooo qian

what do you want? – waddaya wan?

I want an ice cream – I wannan ice cream

ah lovely, thank you!

wallet – qian biao

I’ve left my wallet, I’ll just take it and then I’ll go.

you will = you’ll – “youw”

I will = I’ll – “eyew”

you are = you’re – “yur”

and = n
but = bt
so = seh
because = cz
when = wn

We will review this class and last class.

During the summer vacation in 2020, I visited the Mongolian grassland with my friends. We went west of the Mongolian steppes to a city called Manchuria which is a city on the Chinese border，The reason why we went there as follow. Firstly, the natural scenery is beautiful. Secondly, there are three different cultures there，a city with Russians,Mongolians and Chinese,so
We can experience different cultures.The second reason is we can horse riding and archery.We stayed there for nearly two months because the price here is very cheap.

During the summer vacation in 2022, I visited the Mongolian grassland with my friends. We went west of the Mongolian grasslands to a city (which is) called Manchuria which is a city on the Chinese border. The reason why we went there is as follows / we went there because firstly, the natural scenery is beautiful. Secondly, there are three different cultures there，and it is a city with Russians,Mongolians and Chinese, so we can experience different cultures. The second reason is we can go horse riding and do archery. We stayed there for nearly two months because the price there is very cheap.

Vocabulary

COVID

green QR code 

how many times?
how long? 

dictionary – zi dian

called / named
eg. I have a friend called Jesse.
eg2. I have a friend who is called Jesse.
eg3. I went to a place named Shanghai / which is named Shanghai

Grammar

Where is the subject (80%), where is the verb (100%), where is the object? (50%)

SVO + with + at + on +in + to + by + CONJUNCTION + SVO + with + at + on +in + to + b

I go home with my mum at 5PM because it is hot at night on Monday.

I can speak English
I can English

I can go horseriding / I can ride horses

I can go swimming

I go driving
I do homework
I go shopping
I go walking
I go mountain climbing
I go running
I do housework

Swimming is very interesting
Going swimming is fun
I like swimming
I like going swimming

SVO
I like coffee
I like drinking

Coffee is good
Drinking beer is fun

Doris Yawns: 16

Review makes Doris yawn

whistle / whistling sound – the high sound we make with our mouth when we blow

Vocabulary

English teachers teach English
Fangpullers pull fangs

fang = a type of tooth

I point at you

I scare you / I make you scared
You are scared of me

push in line 

pass out / faint
eg. MB fainted / MB passed out

Grammar

big wind – strong wind / the wind is very strong

wake / woke / woken

kick sth away
kick sth out

Vocabulary

scratch

Miss – young / unmarried
Mrs – married / Ms – older or unmarried

then = after that = next = following that

murder – to kill someone
eg. I will murder you!

sigh – the sound we make when we’re tired or annoyed

bird bath

stretch

he ties his tie / he puts on his tie

put on
wear

briefcase – the “bag / box” that MB is sleeping on

I want to rent a house – zu fang zi

and / but / so / because / when / which / who / +passive / +s

MB puts MW on the sofa and unties the mattress and he pulls out the mattress and he takes the blanket and puts it on Miss Wicket’s tummy and he tries to push down Miss Wicket’s hand but Miss Wicket try to keep them up. haaiiyyaaa. Then suddenly MW is been waken up by his cat so MB hides under the blanket and MW thought that was her cat so she pats her cat but that wasn’t her cat, that was MB so MW was angry. She kicks out MB and throws his things to MB and kick him away.

MB puts MW who is tied on the mattress, on the sofa and unties the mattress. He pulls out the mattress and he takes the blanket which falls on the ground. He puts it on Mrs Wicket’s tummy because he wants her to be warm. Next, he tries to push down Mrs Wicket’s arms but Mrs Wicket tries to keep them up. haaiiyyaaa. After that, suddenly MW has been woken up by her cat so MB hides under the blanket and MW thought it was her cat so she pats it but it wasn’t her cat, it was MB. She was angry because she thinks he’s weird. She kicks him out and throws his things at him and kicks him out.

Vocabulary

Not too hot / not so hot 

Everyone said summer in shanghai was really hot! But I think it’s not so hot / not that hot / not as hot as they said

It’s not too hot today! It’s just warm.

fever – high temperature

recover – go back to normal / get better / become normal / become OK again

rescan – have a look

tumor – something that grows in your body

simple easy simple easy!

I signed my contract again
I resigned from my job – “reh zeyend” = quit
I re-signed the contract – “re seyend” = continue

resùme (n) = CV – “rez zoo may”
resume (v) = continue – “rez zyoum” – start after stopping
eg. I handed in my resume
eg2. I resumed my contract / I will resume this class in 5 minutes

permanent – gu ding de < > temporary

if I get made redundant / if I get laid off / if they lay me off 

Your redunancy package is the number of years (that) you’ve worked; plus 1 year; times your monthly salary.

plus = +
times = X

3X3 = 9
3 times 3 equals 9

Grammar

I trip (v) over = fall
I went on a trip (n) = holiday

it’s a struggle! (n)
I’m struggling! (v) – present continuous
every time I do an exam, I struggle (v) – present simple

Jesse it’s struggle!
Yeah it’s a struggle 

it’s a big phone!
It’s a black phone!
It’s a big struggle!

today we learned lesson 3

Vocabulary

raw

piercing

till

check-out

*different packaging for grocery products:

box: box of chocolate

bottle: bottle of water

carton: carton of milk

tin: tin of sardine

jar: jar of jam

packet: packet of biscuits

* words about doctors and treatment:

examine

treat someone for (some physical problem )

cure

operate on (someone)

chemist

I volunteered.( participate in a job or activity on your own will  without getting paid)

I can’t agree more.( I definitely 100 percent agree with you.)

They weren’t appealing to me anymore.

today we learned Page 22

Kimi: If you can’t remember “him” just think “He likes me and I like ____” and then you will find the answer.

which can replace “it” and it makes 2 sentences become 1.

qian bao
purse – women
wallet – men
eg. the purse spills on the ground

intersection – shi zi lu kou
eg. the insect is walking in the intersection

Spring mattress 

spring is like spring because we jump so high during spring because there are so many flowers and we’re so happy

Vocabulary

Labor day

section – a part of sth

think – jue de
thought – yi wei (think in the past)

I am not rich. If I was rich, I would buy 10 houses.

I walked
He walked

I walk
He walks

I realised
He realised

I realise
He realises 

I fall every day
I fell yesterday
I will fall tomorrow

all
fall

He does not like it
He does not find it

you can not write Mr Bean – you don’t need to write Mr Bean

which can replace “it” and it makes 2 sentences become 1.
There is a seagull. It comes. = There is a seagull which comes and he shoos it away.

There is a seagull. It is white. = There is a seagull which is white.

I have a pen. It is black. = I have a pen which is black.

Then MB goes into the tip. He searches one of the bag in the tip and 2 mouse run out of the bag. Then he sees a seagull is eating a things like teddy. He think it is teddy but after a while he realised that it’s not teddy. Then he go to search another bag. I think he sees a lot of garbage. Then he sees a thing like teddy on the garbage mountain / a mountain of garbage and he thinks it’s teddy. He wants to get it but he could not climb on it. Then he sees a spring mattress so he pull it next to the mountain of garbage. Then he climb on top of another mountain of garbage and jumps onto the spring mattress to go onto the mountain of garbage but the spring mattress has a big power so he flies and flies like a bomb and fell onto the ground.

Then MB goes into the tip. He searches one of the bags in the tip and 2 mouses run out of the bag. Then he sees a seagull is eating a thing like teddy. He thought it was teddy but after a while he realises that it’s not teddy. Then he goes to search another bag. I think he sees a lot of garbage. Then he sees a thing like teddy on the garbage mountain / a mountain of garbage and he thinks it’s teddy. He wants to get it but he can not climb on it. Then he sees a spring mattress so he pulls it next to the mountain of garbage. Then he climbs on top of another mountain of garbage and jumps onto the spring mattress to go onto the mountain of garbage but the spring mattress has a big power so he flies and flies like a bomb and falls onto the ground.

Then he is in a new part of the tip. He search in one of the bags in the tip and he can / does not find teddy and then he sees the garbage truck is coming and MB sees teddy is on the front of the truck. He thinks it’s his teddy so he go to get it. But the 2 driver push his out of the tip because it’s not him because it’s in the tip so it belongs to the city, not to MB. Then MB is very angry and he says I’ll be back! And at that night MB drives to the tip again. The tip’s door is not locked but he did not want to open the tip’s door because he thinks if he opens it the person and the guard dog in the tip will discover him so he climbed into the tip. Then he starts to find the truck with teddy. Finally he finds teddy on a truck but there was a seagull cames and he shoos it away.

Then he is in a new part of the tip. He searches in one of the bags in the tip and he can / does not find teddy and then he sees the garbage truck is coming and he sees teddy is on the front of the truck. He thinks it’s his teddy so he goes to get it. But the 2 drivers push him out of the tip because it’s not his Teddy because it’s in the tip so it belongs to the city, not to MB. Then he is very angry and he says “I’ll be back!” And at that night he drives to the tip again. The tip’s door is not locked but he does not want to open the tip’s door because he thinks if he opens it the person and the guard dog in the tip will discover him so he climbs into the tip. Then he starts to find the truck with teddy. Finally he finds teddy on a truck but there is a seagull which comes and he shoos it away.

Vocabulary

derail:to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of:
fulfill: bring to completion or reality; achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted).
ambition:a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
narrative:a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
stand out as a super star
fabricated:to invent or produce something false in order to deceive someone: He was late, so he fabricated an excuse to avoid trouble.

therapy
burnout
stress
anxiety

shop>go shopping
Take a walk
Ride a bike
Nearby my home> somewhere near my apartment
I don’t have enough energy to take long walk> I feel lazy to take a long walk
French concession
city walk is a new lifestyle
it is very crowded than before>it is more crowded than before
The transportation is very hard for me to get to Pudong district> it is a long way for me to travel to Pudong district

appreciate art
everyone has his own understanding of articles> everyone has own understanding of arts
My life should be colorful, full of the other things and people not only colleague and boss> my life should be rich and colorful. A life is full of things more than work, and people besides co-workers.

De-stress
herbal tea can help you calm and relax
Warmth relaxes muscle tension and can lower anxiety naturally
acupuncture
reduce stress and tension headaches

Perhaps you can step outside for five minutes during your daily lunch break and lift your face to the sun. You may also like to start a small garden or regularly buy yourself a bunch of flowers. Anything that makes you feel more connected to the world outside is likely to lower your stress.

Aerobic exercise at the gym

essential oils

Creating a simple, luxurious body scrub using coarse sea salt and coconut oil.

Superfoods stabilize your bloody sugars

Vocabulary

Words about supermarket: new words to review:

Assistant

cashier

till

queue

check-out

Different packaging:

Box: bottle of chocolate

Bottle: bottle of water

Tin: tin of sardine

Carton: carton of milk

Jar: jar of jam

Tube: tube of toothpaste

Packet: packet of biscuits

It got worse.

He solved the hunger problem.

Difference between client and customer.

We will have a 5 days holiday next week.
But we will have to work this Sunday and next Sunday.

you will need some time to get familiar with it.

it is more heavier than the record -> it is much higher than the record.

Vocabulary

unprecedented (adj) there is no precedent
it was an unprecedented flood

precedent (n) something that happened before 先例 / 判例
There is no precedent for AI so we need to create a new framework of rules

United Arab Emirates (UAE) (n)  阿拉伯联合酋长国
I will visit the UAE tomorrow

claim (v/n) announce that something should be yours / take what you feel you are entitled to
Japan claims some small islands in the ocean

the accident claimed 2 lives : 2 people died in the accident / the accident took the lives of 2 people.

certificate (n) document

certification (n) standard matched
We want to get a new certification this year to prove the excellence of our service

to resemble (v) to look like / to look similar to
Tom resembles a famous singer

to halt (v) to stop suddenly (usually temporarily)
The factory had to halt production when they realized there was a safety issue

to be stranded (v) to be stuck / be unable to move
We got stranded in the airport due to the typhoon

cloud seeding (n) when you release chemicals in the clouds to start rain
The UAE started to experience with cloud seeding to solve water shortages.

intensity (n) strength / how strong something is
The trainer asked me what kind of intensity I was ready for for my first class.

intense (adj) very tough / very demanding
I had a very intense work out at the gym this morning
The meeting with the boss was really intense. Everyone was so stressed

Pronunciation

adoption

adaptation

Continued on with story ‘Zombie nights’

Discussion on storyline and character development between each page.

beautiful wish – pipe dream = a long term goal which is unlikely to happen / no clear way to achieve

sam:
Brand Social Media Account Management

sam:
Sns平台内容沉淀，树立品牌形象- Establish Brand’s Social Media Presence

sam:
产品种草 = Running Influencer Marketing Campaigns

sam:
running/organising

sam:
多维度kol内容推广 – Multi-dimensional KOL Content Promotion

sam:
multi-industry / cross-industry KOL content promotion

sam:
实现流量变现 = converting website traffic into sales

sam:
Achieving Traffic Monetization

Delicious food about spicy>delicious spicy food

I remember last time I have been to Changsha>I remember the last time I went to CS

It makes me ear more rice>I had more rice there

I have enough time>I have plenty of time

The market is very… >crucial

exhausted >very tired

hustle

rag >a piece of old cloth

Put in long hours>work long hours

boast>brag

Benefit>perk

Commit > devote themselves to their work

Path>track

harm>take a toll on

competitive and demanding

Peer pressure

I used to hustle >work harder at the beginning of each month.

I think the success is related to the hardworking. If you put efforts on it and try your best to complete the work best, you will succeed.

>The harder you work,the better the result is/ the more successful you are

In weekends>on weekends

When they are working in the past>when they used to work in the past

I am an accountant > I worked as

Young people are more strict than old > young people nowadays are more competitive and hardworking than the old generations.

If my cat throw out> if my cat fell down from the 5th floor

I think it’s the way to show you out>to show off

If I finish my monthly closing, I will> I sent reports to everyone once I finished tasks

I need a present in return> I treated myself a present for working hard

Energy>pronounce

Discussion and debate topics:

– Should death penalty be served as punishment for crimes?

– Should school allow for use of inappropriate language?

– Better to have school field trip or dayoff as fun?

Doris yawns: 5

Grammar makes Doris yawn. 🙁

Grammar makes Doris sleep 🙁 🙁

Vocabulary makes Doris dance with her head 😀

horn – a long thing on some animal’s heads

Vocabulary

a saw – a thing we use to cut things like wood
eg. I saw a saw and i sawed a saw

attic – a room above your house

flashlight / torch – a light we can hold and move around

toothpaste – the thing that he puts on the toothbrush

fall over / down 
eg. the man was walking and he stepped on a banana and fell over

Grammar

Although I am nervous, I am still happy

I want to eat ice cream

He goes into the attic and uses the flashlight to find the box so he finds the puzzle and tries to put it in his mouth. Then he uses the lego to try to put it in his mouth again but it is too big. However, he finds a dinosaur and uses a saw to cut the dinosaur’s horn off and (to) stick it in his mouth. The next day, MB goes into the bathroom and he takes the toothbrush and squeezes / puts the toothpaste on the toothbrush / on it. When he looks in the mirror and notices his tooth is green and long, he is scared and he falls over. 

and / and then / after that / next / following that 

Vocabulary

i need to shuffle the cards

I plugged in (put the cable in) my phone because I want to charge (give it power) it

I plug it in. I unplug it.

happy < > unhappy
comfortable < > uncomfortable

dentist’s drill
drill 

realise / notice – fa xian

gargle
giggle
gurgle

Grammar

did do
didn’t do
can do
will do

I plug it into the generator.
I unplug it from the generator.

here have a hole – there is a hole / there’s a hole

he’s waiting for the water to boil

I want to go home
I like to eat ice cream
I like ice cream

After MB get water from the tap he get back and he opens the window. Meanwhile he says “wait a minute!” but he realises he didn’t plug the cable so he close the window again. He finds electricity. First he finds a hammer. Next he finds a saw. At last he finds the drill and he uses it and there’s electricity, and he finds the cable and he follows it to the generator and he unplugs the cable which is in the generator and he plugs his cable into the generator. Then he opens the window again and he boils the water and he closes the window again because the water is not boiling. Next the man wants to go away but then he hears some sounds. The sound is like boiling sound which is from the water, but MB make the sounds. First he ghuheuhsghejshgjse …. etc then it’s shshshswhshehsheshe.

After MB gets water from the tap he goes back and he opens the window. Meanwhile he says “wait a minute!” but he realises he didn’t plug the cable in so he closes the window again. He wants to find electricity so first he finds a hammer. Next he finds a saw and at last he finds the drill and he uses it. There’s electricity so he finds the cable and he follows it to the generator and he unplugs the cable which is in it and he plugs his cable into it. Then he opens the window again and he boils the water and he closes the window again because the water is not boiling. Next the man wants to go away but, suddenly, he hears some sounds!! The sound is like boiling sound which is from the water, but MB makes the sounds. First he ghuheuhsghejshgjse …. etc then it’s shshshswhshehsheshe.

+s

I want to find it
I find it

Grammar

wearing school uniform for 3 days is not common for me

she isn’t as good as the yellow haired girl

Vocabulary

immigrant (n) / migrate (v) 
eg. The indian man is an immigrant who lives in Australia.

there’s no room / space on my desk

I turn a new light – I got a new light

the light is brighter

the tree can give you a little shelter from the rain but a house can give you very good shelter from the rain

search = look for sth
research = to learn / look for information

basically – ji ben shang

How dare you!! 

they’re competing with each other
they’re having a competition to see who is the best

Have a safe flight!

I hope you get better! / get better soon

Vocabulary

they have water damage on the ceiling

she is well traveled / she has a lot of experience with international markets / she is very cultured

she’s a very international business woman

she is very determined, diligent, and decisive

she is decisive in difficult circumstances

OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – qiang po zheng

marriage is not for the faint of heart / faint hearted 

Grammar

how much I spend for this one? – do you know how much I spent on this one?

speak out – speak

speak out = spread awareness
eg. black people often speak out about the racism problem in America

most of time – most of the time

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Grammar

we brung them home – we brought them home

bring / brought / brought 

Vocabulary

peckish – a little hungry

digestion – the process of your body eating food in your stomach

abdominal – your stomach

Don’t change perspective in your speaking / writing.

If you mean the same people (we / us), don’t change it to another one (you).

with sth doing
with + noun / verb-noun

Low level (talking with friends) – I walk to a nice park and my mum comes.

Medium level (talk or write but not be too casual) – I have a walk to a pleasant park and my mum accompanies me.

High level (writing) – My mum as well as I go on a journey to both a pleasant and impressive park.

Tell me what it is like
Tell me what your school is like

We will go out tomorrow, unless it’s raining.

If it rains tomorrow, we will NOT go out.

We have friends who don’t go to the same school with you. You might be sad . But actually, there are some advantages.

I was coming 5th but I overtook the other 4, so then I came 1st. 

In maths I came top of the class this year so I’m smart, maybe.

Vocabulary

advanced problems

enable = allow / so you can do it
eg. I brush my teeth to enable me to have healthy teeth forever!
eg2. I bring a bag to school which enables me to carry many things

to no avail – no positive result
eg. I went outside to try to find some gold in the street…. to no avail 🙁 – Ohh you’re so smart Damon!!

Just before the WB was about to W the building MB is finding a way to get the cat to block teddy and using his brain of 0.000001 IQ, he made a decision that looks far beyond his comprehension. He decided to find a can of catfood to lure the cat to eat the catfood and if she wants to eat the catfood, she needs to open her mouth and she will drop onto the ground and MB can take it away at once. So he began finding a can of catfood. MB quickly finds a box of CF but they’re all empty, but no good! So he went into the kitchen to find the CF. First he opened a cupboard and saw a few empty boxes and a cute spider with only 4 eyes so it looks like. a mutant spider then he broke a cupboard’s door by pulling it off, so no catfood! Then he accidentally let the pipe spurt water and then finally he finds a can of cat food that has cat food in it in a cupboard right next to the sink with the pipe spurting out a GPT of water every millisecond.

Just before the WB was about to W the building MB is finding a way to get the cat to drop teddy and using his brain of 0.000001 IQ, he made a decision that seems / is far beyond his comprehension. He decided to find a can of catfood to lure / entice the cat to eat the catfood and distract her so she will drop Teddy onto the ground, leaving / allowing / enabling MB to take it away at once. So he began finding a can of catfood with him quickly finding a box of CF but they’re all empty, but to no avail! So he went into the kitchen to find the CF. First he opened a cupboard and saw a few empty boxes and a cute spider with only 4 eyes so it looks like. a mutant spider then he broke a cupboard’s door by pulling it off, so no catfood! Then he accidentally let the pipe spurt water and then finally he finds a can of cat food that has cat food in it in a cupboard right next to the sink with the pipe spurting out a GPT of water every millisecond. 

qian bao
purse – women
wallet – men
eg. the purse spills on the ground

clone – something that is exactly the same as something else

intersection – shi zi lu kou

the tip – “the garbage house” – a man named Tip tips a car into a tip and the car’s name is tip and the tip tips tip into the tip

She is my friend
I am her friend

He is my friend
I am his friend

Where is he going?
I don’t know where he is going.

Vocabulary

searching / looking for 

spring mattress 

spring is like spring because we jump so high during spring because there are so many flowers and we’re so happy

Then MB goes into the tip. He searches one of the bag in the tip and 2 mouse run out of the bag. Then he sees a seagull is eating a things like teddy. He think it is teddy but after a while he realised that it’s not teddy. Then he go to search another bag. I think he sees a lot of garbage. Then he sees a thing like teddy on the garbage mountain / a mountain of garbage and he thinks it’s teddy. He wants to get it but he could not climb on it. Then he sees a spring mattress so he pull it next to the mountain of garbage. Then he climb on top of another mountain of garbage and jumps onto the spring mattress to go onto the mountain of garbage but the spring mattress has a big power so he flies and flies like a bomb and fell onto the ground.

butt = pi gu
buttstock – the bottom of the gun / the back of the gun
eg. if you use a buttstock, the gun is stuck on your body

qian mian
duo shao qian

hou mian

barista – a person who makes coffee
eg. Baristas make pudding (bu ding)

coffee powder / grind

Vocabulary

smelly – chou

stray cat – homeless cat

milk foam – “I found some balloons on my coffee!”

When barista is making coffee, MB is making sounds with his mouth. “your coffee!” the barista says and MB looks at it and he is very sad because there is a little coffee in the little cup.

Write a diary about the past. Use the past tense for everything.

Vocabulary

I finished my studies / I finished school – I graduated – bi ye

programming / coding
eg. I want to study coding / I want to learn to code

swim / swam / swum
ride / rode / ridden

Can you write it down?

If you’re good at riding, maybe it will be safe.

go / went / gone (been)
eg. Have you been to Japan? No, I have never been to Japan
eg2. Do you go to school? Yes, I go to school
eg3. Will you go to school tomorrow? No, I will not go to school.

don’t = do not

I go to Japan by myself
I go to Japan with my friend

on the plains of Mongolia / on the grasslands

I will send the pictures to you on WeChat later

Every day I go there (every day / sometimes / often / occasionally)
Yesterday I went there
Tomorrow I will go there
I have been there so many times (in my life) 

On the weekend what did you do?

On the weekend, I went to city park to go fishing with my friends and we fished on a small lake and after that we walked to city gym to play archery and rode a horse and we played archery and rode a horse for 3 hours which was exciting. After that, we went to a shopping mall to eat a hotpot which was delicious and spicy.

which

scribbling / scribble

Next he puts the basket on the floor in the tent and he uses the hammer and he also takes the bricks and he starts to make the counter. When he finishes it, he uses the knife to cut a window and he uses the tape to stick the window.

Next, after he puts the basket on the floor in the tent and he uses the hammer. and He also takes the bricks before he starts to make the counter / He also takes the bricks because he wants to make the counter. When he finishes it, he uses the knife to cut a window before using the tape to stick the window because if he didn’t put the tape, the window will close.

Grammar

When I’m using my pencil, I’m playing this.
After I play with my eraser, I play with my pencil.
Before I eat my candy, I play with my little kitty
If I eat candy, I will be happy

Before he uses the hammer, he puts the basket on the floor
After he puts the basket on the floor, and he puts the basket

Vocabulary

grande – medium size

cappucino – the coffee with milk foam and chocolate

Coming right up! – it will come soon

lifts up his headphones

kettle – a “hot water bottle” – a thing that we use to make water hot

tap – a magic water thing

when / after / before / if

After MB finishes making the cafe, he says “coffee coffee delicious coffee!!” and there’s a man who is near the line because he wants to drink the coffee but when he hears there’s delicious coffee, there are no people lining up. Then he chooses a coffee and he tell MB the kind of coffee which named “cappucino” and MB says “coming right up”. He uses the kettle but there’s no water in it so he says “wait for me a moment” and he puts the window down and he look for the water and he find the water which is from the tap and he takes some water from the tap.

After MB finishes making the cafe, he says “coffee coffee delicious coffee!!”. There’s a man who is near the line because he wants to drink the coffee but when he hears there’s delicious coffee, there are no people lining up. Then he chooses a coffee and he tells MB the kind of coffee which is named “cappucino” and MB says “coming right up”. He uses the kettle but there’s no water in it so he says “wait for me a moment” so he puts the window down because he is worried about the customer seeing he doesn’t have water. He looks for the water and after he finds the water which is from the tap and he takes some water from it.

Vocabulary

immigration department gives you a visa

whimpering – the sound a dog makes when it’s sad or wants something

qwerty keyboard

Pronunciation

and
plant

After putting the 1 pound into a trolly, with fluffy inside, he pushed the trolly up the hill and nearly tripped over the pavement, and avoided falling face first into mud. Finally, panting, he hauled the trolly up to the top of the hill, and he leaned on the trolly with fluffy barking inside. Suddenly the trolly started rolling down hill and MB needed to grab on and run to not be dragged by the trolly down the hill and smacking into mud. Luckily, MB didn’t have any injuries and he pushed the squeaky trolly into the park with lush green trees and cute little lavenders, sunflowers, and a few small cacti. MB nearly fell on one since he almost tripped over a rock. Fluffy was unharmed and not tired as a result of MB breathlessly pushing the trolly through the park and clutching his knee which was aching so much that he screamed “Owwww!”. Another guy across the street bellowed “stop that infuriating noise!!”. Later, MB sat on a brown-green bench and across the path was a hotdog stand with a man called Tommy selling hotdogs. “It’s time for a break with this deliciously delicious sandwich” MB exaggerated, taking out a wrapped mayo and ham sandwich as Fluffy started barking furiously like cray cray. MB hid the sandwich and said “not in your life!” to Fluffy who was starting to whimper and whine like MB had just hit him.

It was Mists favorite time of the day, or should she say night.The moon was high in the sky, but it was nearly blocked out from the thick fog. She leaped over the pale colored fence, crawled under the bushes into the dense forest. Shadows loomed over Mist, but she wasn’t scared.
Mist caught the scent ofa rabbit, she silently crept under a berry bush and spotted a faint shadow of a rabbit and prepared to pounce. She leapt towards the rabbit while another muscular. Tom pounced and crashed into Mist.
After both cats regained control of their bodies, “who are you..the Tom growled menacingly. Mist took a step back ,but a few other cats cornered her. One was a brown and white, one was gray and slender, and one had bright red eyes while the rest of her body was hidden in the thick fog.
None of them moved for a moment, but the the Tom (who asked ‘who are you'”) broke the silence by asking again’ who are you, tell me or else face the wrath of my claws’. Mist took another step back but bumped into the white and brown cat, the cat said’ no need to be so scary Sleekfeather. It’s okay, she is just a kitty pet.” So that fierce Tom is called Sleeckfeather,thought Mist.

It was Mists favorite time of the day, or should we say, night. The moon was high in the sky, but it was nearly blocked out by the thick fog. She leaped over the cream colored /pale white fence, crawled under the bushes into the dense forest. Shadows loomed over Mist, but she wasn’t scared. / she didn’t have an ounce of fear in those cute little paws.
Mist caught the scent of a rabbit, she silently crept under a berry bush and spotted a faint shadow of a rabbit and prepared to pounce. She leapt towards the rabbit while another muscular tom pounced and crashed into Mist.
After both cats regained control of their bodies, “who are you” the tom growled ferociously. Mist took a step back, but a few other cats emerged from the shadows in the forest and cornered her. One was brown and white, one was gray and slender, and one had unblinking bright red eyes staring at her menacingly while the rest of her body was hidden in the thick fog.
None of them moved for a moment, but the tom (who asked “who are you'”) broke the silence by asking again “who are you?… tell me or else face the wrath of my claws”. Mist took another step back but bumped into the white and brown cat, with the cat saying “no need to be so scary Sleekfeather. It’s okay, she is just a little kitty.” So that fierce tom is called Sleeckfeather, thought Mist.

Use what you have learned in your next homework.

Sentences: use conjunctions to connect your ideas (and / but / so / because / when / which / who / after / before)
People: say he / she / it, don’t always say Kitty / Dragon / Mr Bean

Dragon puts dinner into the oven and sets timers. Kitty will takes it out when it is done but she she gets distracted. Dragon pulls off the burned pieces of food. Finally . dinner is done. Kitty and Dragon sit down. Kitty takes a bite into her mouth. She eats some more. Next she scrunches her nose. “Dragon, this is terrible.” kitty says. Dragon nods. Kitty is so sorry for not listening to Dragon. The next evening Kitt and Dragon makes dinner. Kitty follows Dragon’s directions. Dragon chops carefully and Kitty chops carefully too! Kitty adds a twist. It’s yummy so Dragon loves it ! Together they make a yummy dinner. Kitty likes cooking too. They eat together. Now Kitty is good at cooking too.

and / but / so / because / when / which / who / after / before 

Dragon puts dinner into the oven and sets timers. Kitty will take it out when it is done but she she gets distracted by painting. Dragon pulls off the burned pieces of food and finally, dinner is done so Kitty and Dragon sit down. Kitty takes a bite into her mouth and she eats some more but she thinks the food is too yucky / bad so she scrunches her nose. “Dragon, this is terrible.” kitty says and Dragon nods. Kitty is so sorry for not listening to Dragon. The next evening, when Kitty and Dragon (they) make dinner, Kitty follows Dragon’s directions. Dragon chops carefully and Kitty chops carefully too! Kitty adds a twist by squeezing a lime. It’s yummy so Dragon loves it and then, together they make a yummy dinner so / and they eat together. / After they make a yummy dinner, they eat together. Kitty likes cooking too so now she is good at cooking.

related
eg. me and my dad are related
eg2. these 2 sentences are related

Grammar

I take
You take
He takes

I will take
You will take
He will take

I can take
You can take
He can take

I have taken
You have taken
He has taken

I want to do
You want to do
He wants to do

I go to school to learn English.
I have class with Jesse to improve my English.

Vocabulary

lime – a green lemon

squeeze – to hold something very tightly

homeless – no home
WIFI – wireless – no wires

iron – “eye en” – a thing we use to make clothes flat

lamp – a small lamp we can put on the ground or a table
eg. the lamp next to his bed is on / is turned on

pillow – zhen tou

Sentences: use conjunctions to connect your ideas (and / but / so / because / when / which / who / after / before)
People: say he / she / it, don’t always say Kitty / Dragon / Mr Bean

One night, Mr Bean was preparing / getting ready to sleep but his bed was too cold so he used an iron. Then he put the teddy on the pillow and next he turned off his lamp which was on a small table to the right of the bed / next to the bed. He prepared to sleep but the light was on so he was angry and he got up because he wanted to turn off the light / he got up to turn off the light.

Self introduction

I am respond for regulation compliance as senior manager.

We have formed a professional team along with legal, risk management, pac, to make sure we meet the government  regulations by following all the rules.  The team is led by Hui Zhang and myself, with support from. Recently, we have finished the implementation of the new regulations required by SAFE.

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on top of this, let me explain more about MCC requirements by SAFE to the bank.

As shown above, the domestic banks should monitor and manage GNS card transactions and make sure to follow the requirements by SAFE on this.

As you may know that the GNS transactions are dual message transactions, which appear on both authorisation and settlement. However, we received feedback from CMB through BD last week that MCC code is not consistent in GNS transactions, which caused difficulties for the banks to manage.

The domestic banks have reached out to us for assistance from GNS team to solve the above issues. Our Ops team will contact GNS team for next step.

Optional:

Both SAFE and us have agreed that we have been following the regulations.

However, the domestic banks are worried about if they could meet the requirements from SAFE. That’s why they are asking for help from GNS team through us.

Vocabulary

I’m a little bit sick today

I am a little bit tired

Today I have a little cold

When you play soccer do you warm up?

How long do you warm up for?

Jesse is 180cm. Simon is 170cm.

Simon is not as tall as Jesse

Grammar

She likes me and I like her

verb – dong ci / 动词
eg. How many verbs?

a apple
an apple

a ice cream
an ice cream

Pronunciation

Harry got changed in a flash for the big game

says – “sez” / egg
said – “sed”

size – saiiiz

medicine
machine

Mr Bean is making ice cream and he is going to eat ice cream. Then he is taking a ice cream cone because he feels very hot and he is using a ice cream machine make ice cream. He is putting chocolate on ice cream. He is putting chocolate on ice cream. He puts money in money machine. When MB was playing ice cream, a girl ask MB for ice cream. She says can you give me ice cream and MB look at ice cream man. MB is not very happy because he likes ice cream and the girl wants to eat ice cream so MB gives her ice cream. MB like children so he give ice cream to hers.

Mr Bean makes ice cream and he goes to eat it. Then he takes an ice cream cone because he feels very hot and he uses an ice cream machine to make it. He puts chocolate on it and he puts money in the money machine. When MB was going to eat the ice cream, a girl asks MB for ice cream. She says “can you give me ice cream?” and MB looks at the ice cream man. MB is not very happy because he likes ice cream and the girl wants to eat ice cream so MB gives her it / gives it to her. MB likes children so he gives it to her.

Vocabulary

earphones / airpods / earbuds 

if it were me there

SRC – Student Representative Council

it can improve his confidence, maturity, and communication skills

certificate – a piece of paper as an award

generous – hen da fang

I’m very serious about this topic

he’s not good at saying “no” so he will regret it

regress < > improve
eg. If you don’t have class your English will regress

I take advantage of you – I use you to get something

Grammar

when I by train – when I take the train

I surprised – I was surprised

at that place = where
eg. I went to a park and at that park there were many dogs. = I went to a park where there were many dogs.

I went to China and in China I have a lot of family = I went to China where I have a lot of family.

bored – feeling
boring – washing my body and hair is so boring!

die / died / have died (v)
dead (adj)

attack / attacked / have attacked

He died / People die 
He is dead

最近 – past + future
recently – only past to now
these days – nearby past to now to future

How are you these days?
How have you been recently?

I buy it to him / for him 
I give it to him / for him 

I make the cake to you / for you 

I find it to you / for you

Seven people are dead in Sydney yesterday at 4pm . It happened at the on of the richest suburbs called Bondi , there is a shopping center called Westfield . A man with a knife randomly attacking people in the shopping center . We don’t know any information about were the man’s background , when I received the message from my friend I was shocking and very sad . Hope everyone stay safe and avoid to the populated areas recently.

Seven people died in Sydney yesterday at 4pm which is really shocking. It happened at one of the richest suburbs called Bondi , where there is a shopping center called Westfield. A man with a knife randomly attacked people in the shopping center. We don’t know any information about where the guy is from or his background and when I received the message from my friend I was shocked and very sad. Hope everyone stays safe and avoids to the populated areas these days.

Vocabulary

you can use your another company
other

they choose to be single in their youth
youth = young years
eg. he liked to have fun during his youth / when he was young

celebrity = famous person

superstar = very very famous person (the best famous person)

negatively influences/affects your health

being lonely ages you

shortsighted = cant see far into the future / narrow perspective < > broad perspective

acquaintance = someone you know, but are not close to
“akwein-tens”

– best friend/wife/husband
|
|friend
|
–acquaintance

support (verb) / supportive (adjective)

Vocabulary

Sorry I was late! / Sorry I was 3 minutes late! 

wonton – hun dun

he delivers pizzas to people

start < > finish
eg. I finish my homework

a lot (hen duo) or a little (yi dian)?
eg. I reviewed my notes a lot!

Did you get any presents? / gifts?

Did your mum give you a gift? – li wu

What did he give you?

Can you send me a photo of the cake?

then / after that / following that / next – ran hou

answer the phone < > hang up the phone
MB answers the phone and then he hangs up the phone.

wo pei ni – I spend time with you / I am with you

Grammar

Where are you now?
I am in Shanghai

What are you from?
I’m from Australia

Jesse, can you let me draw?

I can do it
You can do it
He can do it
they can do it

I like apple / apples
I like the apple on my table

I don’t know what to eat.
I don’t know where to go.
I don’t know who to teach.
I don’t know what to drink.

he / she / it / Name does
I / you / we / they do

why are there no orders?
there are no birds in the tree

MB’s shop is better than his pizza shop
Jesse is taller than me
Deric is shorter than Jesse

MB calls someone and he hang up.He is so tired.Then he has a good idea.He wants to make pizza machine because he wants to use the pizza machine help him so he feels so happy.Then he twists spring and he looks some flour are fall down and the bear plank is fell down too.Then some ketchup on the dough.Some food is fell down too.The pizza is into oven and it go outside now.Then the pizza is in a pizza box and MB feels happy because he is relaxed.

Someone calls MB and he hangs up. He is so busy and tired because he has so many customers. Then he has a good idea and he feels happy because he can make a pizza machine. He wants to help himself by making pizza machine. Then he twists a pin and he looks at / watches some flour falling down and the bear stamp falls down too. Then some ketchup falls on the dough and some food is falls down too. The pizza is goes into the oven and then it goes outside now. Next, the pizza is in a pizza box and MB is happy because he can get so much money and after that, he can relax.

He takes so much money on the table but he has so many customers so he can’t relax. MB feels angry because so many customers calls MB. MB is so busy and tired so his teddy is bored because MB don’t with it. He puts the phone down on the table because he wants to his teddy help he answer the phone. But there is so much money with Teddy, MB doesn’t know where to go. 

He puts so much money on the table but he has so many customers so he can’t relax. MB is angry because so many customers call him. MB is so busy and tired and his teddy is bored because MB doesn’t spend time with it. He puts the phone down on the table because he wants his teddy to help him answer the phone. But there is so much money with Teddy, and MB doesn’t know where to go. 

Frank

– 7 years old, grade 1.

At his current level he can make some very simple sentences, using a limited vocabulary. Has not learned much grammar, and has limited understanding of sentences, structure, tenses, first and third person verbs. His Subject – Verb – Object is quite good and has some good habits. Needs to learn the vocabulary for daily life, and basic conjunctions to build sentences.

In class: simple question and answer speaking, learn daily life words and build sentences together, simple 4 step picture speaking, vocabulary cards, and Mr Bean videos. Homework: watching Mr Bean and writing simple sentences, review class notes.
After 3 months: start learning synonyms for common conjunctions and vocabulary, learn more advanced sentence structures, and start reading and writing about what he reads.

推荐课程（每周）/ Your Recommended Course (Weekly)

F2F: 2

Writing: 2

I wake up at 7 o’clock (oh clock) and then I eat breakfast at 7:30 and then I go into the school (“skool”) because I play pingpong.

Vocabulary

what grade are you in? / what year are you in?
I’m in grade 1

30 – thirty

I don’t know 

How do you say ______ in English? 

school – xue xiao

because – ying wei
and then – ran hou

Mr Bean

I very like – I really like ice cream

park – gong yuan

next to / near – pang bian

short < > long

Grammar

at / on / in

at what time?
on what day?
in what month?
in what year?

and – 继续句子

I see
You see
He sees
She sees

I run
You run
He runs

Pronunciation

car / bar / far / park

ice cream car

Mr Bean is in the park. Mr Bean is hot. Mr Bean see ice crema car. He run next to ice cream car.

Mr Bean is in the park and he is hot and then he sees an ice cream car. He runs next to the ice cream car.

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