VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Write a diary about your day / week, focus on past tense and connecting ideas with grammar like and / because / so / but etc.

This Monday it was my birthday and i went to disney land shanghai which is my first time to go there. i think it’s better than I expectation. i’ve heard that the disney land shanghai was not as good as somewhere else but I think maybe it was Monday and there were not so many people so the experience was actually very good, i enjoyed myself very much. i tried all the rides i wanted to try, no need to line up, it was cool. It was too cold, and except the weather everything was perfect. After the visiting I went to cheesecake factory which was very famous in the US.

This Monday, it was my birthday so i went to disneyland in shanghai which was my first time / and it was my first time to go there. i think it was better than I expected. i had heard that the shanghai disney land was not as good as the others but I think maybe because it was Monday, there were not so many people so the experience was actually very good and i enjoyed myself very much. i tried all the rides i wanted to try / i tried almost all the rides and there was no need to line up, which was really cool. Unfortunately, it was too cold, and except the weather everything was perfect. After visiting / after the visit I went to the cheesecake factory which is very famous in the US.

Vocabulary

what’s going on? / what’s up – not much / tell us something new or interesting that’s happening

how are you? / how’s it going? / how are things? – pretty good / not bad / great

fictitious < > non-fiction

everything was perfect except for the fact that + negative thing

visit (n)
visiting (n / v)
visit (v)

trip (n)
travel (v)
traveling (n / v)

i’m a local

appliances – electronic goods

groceries – things for the home that you consume

try them on – use this for clothing and shoes

vacuum cleaner 

not here
Sorry she’s out of the office at the moment
Sorry she’s not currently in the office
I’m afraid she’s out right now
My apologies but she’s not currently at her desk

not available
Sorry she’s not available at the moment
Sorry but she can’t come to the phone right now
I’m afraid she’s tied up / busy at the moment
Sorry but she’s not able to take your call at the moment

take a message / ask for details 
Could I take a message?
Could I ask who’s calling and what it’s about?
Did you have a message you’d like me to pass on?
Could I ask what it’s regarding?

Grammar

keep a dog – have a dog

many research as possible – as much research as possible

i will buy the shoes – i will buy shoes