VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

last weekend i went to suzhou with my friend, we visited some gardens. my friend got married last Saturday, I am the bridesmaid. Saturday morning I went to dong jiao park hotel and prepared the room and when 9 oclock the groom went to the hotel to take my girlfriend. we took many photos on the grass ground with their families, with their friends. the wedding is not very traditional because the husband host the wedding by himself. Firstly he danced and then he said something about their story, when they met how they know each other. they met in a gym, where the husband worked there and my friend, the wife, went there for exercise so they love each other.

last weekend i went to suzhou with my friend and we visited some gardens. my friend got married last Saturday, and I was a bridesmaid. Saturday morning I went to dong jiao park hotel and prepared the room for the wedding / ceremony and at 9 o’clock the groom came to the hotel to take his bride-to-be. we took many photos on the grass with their families and with their friends. the wedding was not very traditional because the husband hosted the wedding by himself. Firstly he danced with his friends and after the dance, he told us something / gave a speech / he spoke about their story, when they met how they know each other. they met in a gym, where the husband worked and my friend, his wife, went to that gym / worked out there so they fell in love.

Grammar

if i did sth i would do sth

3 shoes – 3 pairs of shoes 

Vocabulary

renovation / remodeling – zhuang xiu

what gym do you go to? = what gym do you exercise at?

when it was 9 o’clock, I …. – at 9 o’clock I…

bridesmaid – maid of honor (only 1)
groomsmen – best man (only 1) 

give a speech / do a speech / give a toast / give a talk – to formally speak about a topic in front of people

give a presentation / do a presentation 

bride < > groom

outdoors < > indoors 

Do you like coffee?
Yes
You do?
Yes
You don’t?
No I do.

Do you like spiders?
No
You do?
No, I don’t
You don’t?
No

bright < > dull
eg. I like bright colors during winter but dull colors to look more cool

what? – sorry? 

go traveling / go on trips 

embroidery – ci xiu

directions

1st door on your right / 2nd door on the left

go straight

it’s ahead of you / on your right / on your left

opposite side of the street / across the street