VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Write diary about your life and try to use the words from today. Think about past tense (guo qu shi) but try not to use a translator.

at time – short
on day – middle
in month / year – longer

Vocabulary

pick me up = come and get me to take me home
eg. he will come and pick me up from SE

exercise – jian shen – “eck ser size”
eg. I want pangpang to exercise every day

I want sb to do sth
I wanted sb to do sth
I like sb to do sth

a period of time – yi duan shi jian
eg. he had exercised for a period of time

insist on it – to continue doing sth
eg. he can’t insist on it, he always stops because he is lazy.
eg2. I want him to insist on exercising

wedding photos
eg. We took our wedding photos last November

my word is a little – I don’t know a lot of words / many words / vocabulary 

consider / considering – kao lv
eg. I am considering to go to Japan or Korea next year

go to work / start work < > finish work

I am off work
I am off work at 5pm tonight = I will finish work

come – the place you are at now
go – another place

renovate – zhuang xiu

complicated / complex – fu za
eg. Jesse thinks maths is very complex but Chelsea thinks it is simple

8:00 = 8 o’clock / 8 AM or PM
8:05 = 8 oh 5 = 5 past 8
8:10 = 8 10 = 10 past 8
8:15 = 8 15 = a quarter past 8
8:20 = 8 20 = 20 past 8
8:30 = 8 30 = half past 8
8:40 = 8 40 = 20 to 9
8:45 = 8 45 = a quarter to 9
8:50 = 8 50 = 10 to 9
8:55 = 8 55 = 5 to 9

Grammar

in the morning – a period of hours
at midday (12PM) < > at midnight (12AM)

have < > don’t have + noun
eg. I have a lot of money < > I don’t have a lot of money

have < > haven’t + verb 
eg. I have traveled to Australia < > I haven’t traveled to Australia

verb = what time?
noun = which one / how many?

Reason 
for + noun
to + verb
because + sentence
because of + noun / phrase
I had beef and rice for breakfast
I bought a cake for your birthday
I bought a cake to give you.
I bought a cake because today is your birthday
I bought a cake because of your birthday

today I had a body examination in morning and I finished back to office and have lunch and play computer until past 5 pm and then I finish work and come here and from my office to here I consider to do or not to do.

today I had a body examination / check in the morning and when I finished I went back to the office and had lunch and used my computer / browsed the internet / surfed online until half past 5 / 5:30 and then I finished work and came here and on the way from my office to here I considered to come or not