VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Next Class Focus

Review last class speaking and tell a similar story using the words we reviewed today.

Vocabulary

How are you? / How’s it going? 
Great
Really good
Good
busy / bored / tired
Pretty good
Not bad / I’m OK
Not great
and you? / how about you? / what about you? / you? 

exercise / work out – jian shen

gym – jian shen fang “jim”
eg. I woke up very early and then I exercised at the gym for 1 hour and then I had lunch. After lunch, I came straight here to study English with Jesse for 1 hour.

zhi jie – came straight here / came directly here

a product / movie / book / service comes out
eg. when a new style comes out, I will buy it directly / I will go straight there to buy it

I like coffee and tea – and continues the subject and verb

have new, just buy = if new, I buy (very simple) = when there is a new one, I will always buy it (best sentence)
rain, don’t go out = if rain, don’t go out = if it rains, I won’t go out 

I got 2 gifts / I received 2 gifts – shou dao

lipstick – kou hong

a bunch of flowers / a bunch of bananas 

they bought me lunch and gave me a bunch of flowers – qing wo chi fan

client / customer – ke hu

Always put the “how much” first
How old are you?
I’m 30 years old

How much money?
50 Yuan

How late are you?
5 minutes late 

Needs more review

Have you been to Japan?
Yes I have been to Japan

Do you like coffee?
Yes I do like coffee

Do you like bai jiu?
No I don’t like bai jiu

come here / go there / go home
I catch the subway here / I catch the bus to come here

What time do you start work?
I start work at 9 o’clock

What time do you finish work?
I finish work at 6 o’clock

What time do you work?
I work from 9 to 6

I have a break at 12PM for lunch and at 3PM for coffee

Writing exercise

Yesterday,I Meet customer with collaegues at 2:00PM. Have a meeting for 2 hours. Afterwards we had dessert in the restaurant and discuss work together.About 5:00 I went home.Besause I need to take my child to an english class.So we finished dinner early. Finish class at 8 o’clock. and got home at 8:30.I help my child take a bath.give her a interesting story and send to her to sleep.I am tired ,I rest a bit. My husband came back late from a business trip from Africa.I help him pack up .And then I took a bath and went to bed.

Yesterday, I met a customer with 2 colleagues at 2:00PM to have a meeting for 2 hours. Afterwards we had dessert in the restaurant and discussed work together. At about 5:00 I went home, because I needed to take my child / daughter / kid to an English class, so we finished dinner early. We finished class at 8 o’clock, and got home at 8:30. I helped my child / daughter to take a bath, (and) read her an interesting story and put her to sleep. I was tired, so I rested a bit. My husband came back too late from a business trip from Africa. I helped him (to) unpack, and then I took a bath and went to bed.

I packed for him / I helped him pack < > I unpacked for him / I helped him to unpack 

little bit = a bit / a little 

afterwards < > beforehand 
after class < > before class

I have class and afterwards I will drink coffee
What did you do beforehand? I had coffee before class
colleagues – col leegz
I come here to study English