VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Write about one thing you did today. Tell me what time, where, who you were with, how long you did it for, why you did it?

did Josh have school? No he didn’t

he stayed at his grandmother’s house all holiday

how did I get to Hangzhou?
I went to Hangzhou by high speed rail

How did you get here?
I came here by car

How far do you live from school?
We spend 1 hour to get to school by car

Why does he live with you? Why doesn’t he live at your mum’s house?

parents should live with their children

What did you have for breakfast?
I ate wonton and my husband ate noodles for breakfast.

How long did you have breakfast for?
We spent half an hour for breakfast

Do you think the service was very good?
The service was just OK

Vocabulary

all the time – suo you shi jian

overtime = jia ban

he bought it for him

sister in-law
Josh’s cousin’s mum is your sister in law

Josh’s cousin’s dad is your husband’s brother

we are very nice – we have a good relationship 

polluted (adj)
pollution (n)
eg. there is a lot of pollution today
eg2. Beijing is more polluted than Shanghai

Today is very humid so I turned the air conditioner (AC) on 

he should think about his future 

healthy < > unhealthy

eat medicine – take medicine 

most of the time – da bu fen shi jian

Did you see your husband?
Every holiday I am always with my husband to go to some other place

Sleep in = to stay in bed for longer in the morning

sleep late = go to bed late at night

go out for breakfast

IKEA = eye kee ya

walk around / go for a walk 

so much / so many 
a lot of 

more
eg. I have more money than you

familiar – shu xi
eg. I want these words to become familiar

Grammar

Not service good – not good service

he likes to buy what he needs. he doesn’t like so many people around him. every time when we go to new places he always asks me is it quiet and have a few people? He goes straight to buy something and goes back home because he thinks so many people makes him annoyed.