VIP Class Notes 27th April (Jesse) [S]

Grammar

spend / take

i spend / it takes
eg. I spend 10 minutes on the metro every day
eg2. it takes 10 minutes to get to work every day on the metro

i will get some food
let’s get dinner
i got married last year
when I’m rich I’ll get happy
get lost! / get out!
get off!
get your hands off me

Vocabulary

I am used to doing / sth  – xi guan
eg. I am used to teaching because I do it every day
eg2. I am used to life in China.

I used to do – before but not now
eg. I used to live in Japan = past and not anymore
I lived in Japan 2 years ago, but I left and went to China… and now I’m in Japan again.

train / metro / subway 

bullet train / fast train / high speed rail / mag-lev

clear skies / clear day 

Why did you buy that watch?
I want to lose my weight so I exercise every day for 1 hour and I also control my diet. I haven’t had breakfast for 1 year to control my weight which is a very hard thing. I usually run at night in our apartment complex if the weather is good because if I want to run outside, and it’s raining, I will play basketball in the gym where it’s dry. When I arrived at work the boss had already arrived at the office but he was not happy because I was late for work. And then, he warned me “don’t be late again… whoever is late will be fired”

I want to lose weight / go on a diet so I exercise every day for 1 hour and I also control my diet /  calories. I haven’t had breakfast for 1 year to control my weight which is a very hard thing to do. I usually run at night in our apartment complex if the weather is good because if I want to run outside, and it’s raining, I will play basketball in the gym where it’s dry. When I arrived at work the boss had already arrived at the office but he was not happy because I was late for work. And then, he warned me “don’t be late again… whoever is late will be fired”

lose weight
on a diet
apartment complex / community 
fired / let go
combine = mix 
dry 

my weight is 75kgs

who = describe a person / “the person”
whoever = describes any unknown person
eg. I don’t know who you are
eg2. I saw a man who was tall
eg3. whoever talks to me again will get hit.

what = describes a thing / “the thing”
whatever = describes any unknown thing
eg. I don’t know what he ate / I don’t know what happened / I like to talk about what my students want to talk about
eg2. whatever you want to do is fine with me

I went to a place that was really far from my office

I arrived at work when my boss was also arriving.
When I wake up, I still feel tired.

I have lived in China for 7 years.
I moved to China 7 years ago, and I still live there now.

When = “and at that time” / “at that time” / “at the time that…”

go home – go to work – go to school – go to church

the gym – the bus station – the metro – the park – the hospital – the bank – the airport – the post office – the lake – the beach – the museum….

a cafe /a company /a restaurant … everything else