VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Next Class Focus
Do more conversation but make sure Jin adds details without you having to ask lots of questions.
Needs more review
the flight takes 30 minutes / it takes 30 minutes to arrive
the battery lasts 30 minutes
we have a conversation and 1 topic lasts 10 minutes. – sth finishes, there is no more
I went to Japan by plane and then I took a train. The flight lasted 2 hours and the train lasted 1 hour. The whole trip took 3 hours.
Vocabulary
I see / I understand – now I know
I know – I already knew that
immediately / first
eg. when I got new books I used to read them immediately
school subjects – English, Chinese, Maths, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Sport…
westerners – people from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe
current job – xian zai de gong si
company = a business
office = a place
work = a place + verb / noun for the things you do
job = a position / responsibility
I work for a company named Smart English and I love my work. My office is in JingAn, and I go to work by taxi every day. My job is a teacher and it is my job to teach the students.
graduated – finished
eg. when I finished high school / when I graduated from high school
somewhere else / some other countries
eg. I organise people to go to places in China or somewhere else
Travel Consultant Questions
Where would you like to do?
How long would you like to spend there?
How many people are planning to go on the trip?
What is your relationship to them?
What are you interested in doing there?
What other countries have you traveled to before?
Have you been to this country before and if so, where did you go?
Grammar
teach – taught
the job is freedom – the job is free
make some practice – do some practice / practice
eg. I practice my English every day
i did it for 3 years old – I did that job for 3 years
Pronunciation
company – KUM panee
when – “w ehhhh n”
ehh / ayyy / I (long i)
Colleagues – COH leegs
bed
bad
bied
wine
ehh
the tail is long
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