VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Focus on the grammar, make sure you don’t make the same mistakes as the writing & speaking from today. 

1. Do you like doing housework?
2. How do you think housework could be made more interesting?
3. Did your parents ask you (or, make you) do any housework whenyou were a child?
4. Do you think children should do some housework?

Since these days I’m reading a book named A Language of Life. It’s written by doctor Rosenberg. I’m appreciate to touch this area for making process my life. I major in international economics and trade but it’s not my favourite subject. I’m a fan of psychology. I decide to choose psychology to continue my second subject. It will be very hard at my age.

These days I’m reading / Recently I have been reading a book named A Language of Life (which was) written by Doctor Rosenberg. I‘m appreciate to touch (experiencing / getting into / discovering) this field for helping me to improve myself / make progress. I majored in international economics and trade but it’s not my favourite subject. I’m a fan of psychology so I decided to choose (decided on) psychology to continue (my education at university) as my second subject but it will be very hard at my age.

Vocabulary

sentence – they keep ideas together – if the ideas are related, put them in the same sentence
1 main point per sentence.

since = from a time in the past until now
eg. since I was a kid, I have been drinking tea = from when I was a kid, I have been drinking tea and I still do now

every business is very hard – every business is finding it hard / it is hard for every business 

i haven’t much time to do some learning – i don’t have much time to spend learning things 

psych = related to the mind “saiiik”
ology = the study of …

change a tree – exchange the flower for a small tree

Grammar

How many friends? / I have many friends / I have so many friends / I don’t have many friends

How much money? / I have much money I have a lot of money / I have so much money / I don’t have much money

I don’t have many time to do yoga because I should get up very early every day. It would take many time to do the yoga.

I don’t have much time to do yoga because I should get up very early every day. It would take a lot of time to do the yoga.