VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Do some writing about your recent life and try to use some of the words from today.

Vocabulary

discipline – zhuan ye
eg. different disciplines in different teams

i’m not usually to play basketball – I don’t usually play basketball

personality – xin ge
eg. her personality is different to mine

way – ban fa

strategy / scheme – to think of a plan and how to win
eg. We have a strategy to kill and eat him

cannibal – sb who eats people
eg. I play a cannibal in the play

I spend an hour with my friends every afternoon to have a coffee / I spend an hour rehearsing every morning
I spend 100RMB on coffee every week

It takes 1 hour to get to work every day

court – place you play basketball / tennis

warm up – make your body / muscles hotter so you can exercise / play sport

hard (yin) < > soft (ruan)

I can spend an hour or I don’t need to. It’s up to me.
I can spend an hour or I can NOT do it. It’s up to me.

Grammar

recently I have done a lot of work / I have been to Australia
recently I have been very busy
recently I have been working a lot

I do – normal time / time is not important
I did – past time (te ding)
I am doing – now
I have done – past time / which time is not important
I have been doing – past time / which time is not important + still happening

for English
to study English 
because I need to learn English 

I study English for 1 hour
I spend an hour to study English

go – went
get – got
lose – lost

Today I got up at 11 o’clock and half past 11 we got to basketball court and we spent 2 hours warm up because they have games before my games. At 3 o’clock we are join in game and this game takes 40 minutes and we are lose. We think most important things is join this games. I play basketball with my friends or bro I’m very happy. And I come here because I want study English / because I love English.

Today I got up at 11 o’clock and at half past 11 we went to basketball court (and got there at 12) and we spent 2 hours to warm up because they had a game before my game. At 3 o’clock we started the game and this game took 40 minutes and we lost. We think the most important thing is to join this game. When I play basketball with my friends or bros, I’m very happy. And I came here because I want study English / because I love English.