VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Write what you did tonight after class. Talk about food / weather / your son. How do you feel?

I’m Cicilia, and I’m 35 years old. I got married 7 years ago, and I have a child, who is a boy and he is 6 years old. I work in marketing / I am a marketing manager.

now = many different meanings

Vocabulary

make
eg. I make cake at home to give my son

do
eg. Let’s clean the table. Jesse will do it

chimney – yan cong

garage – che ku – at home

hall – zou dao
eg. I walk down / along the hall to get to the room

front < > back 
eg. Philips is on the front of the monitor
eg2. the lion is at the front of the monitor
in front of (at the front) < > behind (at the back)
eg. the lion is in front of the monitor
eg2. the window is behind Jesse

on the right < > on the left 
above < > below 
on top < > under 
on < > off 

lawn – at your house
grass – outside 

plant < bush < tree

Grammar

i did my nails
i got my nails done
my nails were done by the girl

i drink the coffee
the coffee was drunk by me

I work in marketing
I drink coffee
I am working in marketing
I am drinking coffee.

I have a child and it is a boy.
I have a child who is a boy.
I have a child. He is a boy.

I have a drink and it is a coffee.
I have a drink that / which is a coffee.
I have a drink. It is a coffee.

what = “the thing that”
I know what you want.
This is what you should do.

I went to a cafe to buy a coffee
I went to a cafe and bought a coffee

I am happy
I was happy yesterday

I am Cicilia 
I was a student

I am talking
I was talking

I want to drink coffee
I wanted to drink coffee