VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Write about a bad travel experience you have – try to use the words from today. Remember to add: who, what, where, why, how, when… plus some other special details.

Do another speaking story exercise and add as many details as you can without the teacher needing to ask.

I like reading when I was a child. I began read until now. Every day when I go home, when I finish my work, I like read something on the bed by myself until I go to sleep. Once, I read something with paperbook but now I read something use telephone. My favourite books are culture and history books, and I also like read novels because novels can relax me.

I have liked reading since I was a child. I began reading and I continued to read / reading until now. Every day when I go home, when I have finished my work, I like reading something on the bed by myself until I go to sleep. I used to read real books but now I read e-books. My favourite books are culture and history books, and I also like reading novels because they can relax me.

what / when / who / why / how / where
favourite thing about it / worst thing about it

Vocabulary

stuff / thing 
eg. is there any special stuff you want to do

the whole thing will disappear

out of coffee

I know it’s meaning / I know what it means 

What do you want? = which thing
I don’t know what you want = which thing / the thing

electric car – the way it has power is electricity
electronic book – not a real book, a computer book

I am used to doing sth / I am used to sth – xi guan
I used to do sth – before I did it but now I don’t
I used my phone to call my dad

view – what you can see from a place
eg. the view from Jesse’s office is very nice

scenery – everything surrounding you (nature / beautiful things)
eg. the scenery of pudong is very green and comfortable

we spent (your choice) / we took (not your choice) / It took (not your choice)
I spend 2 hours reading every night
It takes 3 days to finish a book
Jin reads faster than Jesse so Jesse takes 4 days to finish a book

bathe – to wash sth
eg. we saw someone bathing elephants

mysterious – no one knows much about it / everyone wants to know
eg. Sri Lanka is a very mysterious country

Grammar

I begin class at 1PM
I begin reading at 5PM every day

We took the train through the mountain and the view was so beautiful.
We took the train through the mountain which was so beautiful / which had a really beautiful view.

which = and it
I have a computer which is black. = I have a computer and it is black.
I went to Australia which was fun.
I went to Australia which I do every year.

who = and he / she
I have a friend who is fat. = I have a friend and he is fat.