VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Use spend / take / cost.

Vocabulary

cafe = ka fei dian
coffee = ka fei

most of the time / a lot of the time – da bu fen shi jian

should be = i think it will be

audience – people who watch sth
eg. the audience of this TV show is mostly children

Today rained so tomorrow should rain too = I think it will

have a break 
eg. I have a break every day from 1pm to 2pm.

similar = a little different
eg. she looks similar to her / coffee is similar to tea

it is a little different to that

Last Sunday I went to a theater and saw a play with my best friend Abby. About 7:00 pm We Into the theater and sat down,

there are many viewers had already arrived.I guess this play may be very interesting.About 30 minutes later the play

began.The name of the play is “The Mousetrap”the play is too long. need 3 hours.

after the play ended I went home.By the way I go to watch a play twice a month or once a month.

Last Sunday I went to a theater and saw a play with my best friend Abby. About 7:00 pm We Into the theater and sat down, there are many people / a lot / most of the audience had already arrived. I guessed this play may / might / should be very interesting. About 30 minutes later, the play began. The name of the play is “The Mousetrap” but / and the play was 3 hours (which I think) is too long. After the play ended I went home. By the way, I go to watch a play once or twice a month.

Grammar

TIME
take / spend
eg. it takes 1 hour for me to get to work 
eg2. I spend 1 hour every morning on the bus

It takes 20 minutes to do my hair every morning but sometimes I just spend 5 minutes because I’m lazy.

I spend 1 hour with my friends every day. = use time
It takes 1 hour to have a meeting with my boss = the meeting takes your time away

The clean room takes 10 minutes to clean. The dirty room takes 1 hour to clean.

MONEY
cost / spend
eg. the iPhone costs 8000 RMB but I didn’t buy it, so I spent 0 RMB
eg2. I spend lots of money on food every day

1 hour is not a long time. 5 hours is a long time.

I went
1 – home / here / there / to work / to school
I went to
2 – the theater / the bank / the park / the metro / the train / the bus / the subway / the hospital / the street / the dentist / the airport / the movies /
3 – a / the / my / Name cafe / restaurant / place / company …