VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Describe a school you have attended (in your childhood). You should say:
what school it was
what the classrooms were like

what the teachers were like *
and explain how you felt about this school.

a significant amount of time / a considerable length of time

kinds / types / varieties / variations (different)

housing / domestic… / residential

i am still a strong believer in / i strongly feel that / from my perspective … / I hold the view that

uninhabited / vacant /

seems great / positive / promising / seems to have potential / seems to be beneficial

I love Chinese food, with hong shao rou being my favorite.

Trees provide many benefits to the surrounding environment with the key one being that they are able to remove carbon dioxide from the air, replacing it with oxygen.

Trees can take in harmful gases with carbon dioxide being created by cars.

cause / inflict

bring about / bring / enable

provide / give

better / more effectively / more ably / with higher proficiency

quicker / in a much shorter time frame / faster / more efficiently / sooner rather than later

hold / set up / organised / run / hosted

negative / detrimental / harmful / have consequences / have unwanted side-effects

a limited number / few / shortage of

problem / obstacle / issue / cause difficulties

lot of homeworks to do – lots of homework to do 

most of time = billions of years

most of the time = recent time + now

there always sunny – it always sunny in shanghai 

on summer – in summer 

tons of / heaps of / plenty of 

A City You Have Visited

Describe a city you visited or lived in. You should say:

when you visited there
why you went there
what interesting places this city or town had
which time of the year is best for visiting this place and
explain how you felt in that city.