VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]***

Homework

Use some of the words from today in some writing about your life / work.

***Long sentences next class
and
because
so
but
which
who
when
where 
if
with

I went to work with my colleague and I also had breakfast with my friend before I arrived.

Vocabulary

assistant – your position

inspiration
eg. I get inspiration from the designer about what to sketch

technical words – difficult / specific vocabulary
professional – describing the language you use
professional < > amateur

My name is Carrie, and I’m a assistant interior designer, and I work at an Interior Design company in China. I’m from Hunan, which is a province in the middle of China. I’ve been living in Shanghai for 3 years and I plan on staying here for the near future. I love singing and I have a singing class on Friday evenings every week. I think I am a very nice and quiet / softly spoken girl.

education 

extroverted (outgoing) < > introverted (shy)

almost / mostly 
eg. it is almost 7:35PM / it will soon be 7:35PM
eg2. I mostly have congee for breakfast / most of the time I have congee for breakfast

which / who
connect sentences with and / so / because / but 

travel (v) / trip (n)
eg. I took a trip to Australia last year. I like to travel there.

you are the same as me / on the same bus as us

noticed 

here / there / home
go home
come here
go there

booking – now
booked – past
book – no time / always / often

Speaking exercise

I traveled to …. with my roommate last year because during the national days. We just want to have a rest so we booking a plan on the internet. We traveled to there with the colleague of my roommate who are girls. First day we climbed the qiang bai mountain. Actually, it’s not climb, we up there by bus. There has a very amazing view. There have a very interesting thing that is when we climb to the mountain, there are some stranger on the same bus and one of them who is a boy he want to hook my roommate cause my roommate is a beautiful girl. She is so slim, and her skin is so white like white snow and the most special thing is that day she didn’t wear pants, so she leg is naked. the boy want my roommate to pay attention to him so he made a awesome thing.

I traveled to chang bai shan with my roommate last year during national holiday. We just wanted to have a rest so we booked a flight online. We traveled there with a few / some / several colleagues of my roommate who are all girls. On the first day we climbed the chang bai mountain. Actually, we didn’t climb, we went up / got up there by bus. There was a very amazing view / It had a very amazing view. There was a very interesting thing that happened which was when we were climbing to the mountain top, there were some strangers on the same bus and one of them who was a boy wanted to hook up with my roommate cause she is a beautiful girl. She is so slim, and her skin is so white like white snow and the main thing was that on that day she was wearing a skirt instead of pants, so her legs were naked / bare. The boy wanted my roommate to pay attention to him so he did an awesome thing.

Pronunciation

flat – a
flight – eye