VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Writing exercise

I bake some desserts at home with my little cousin during Chinese New Year.And this year, I descided to make some popcorn.
And then I bought some corns on TB casually and delivered it to my hometown.A few days later,My cousin told me the corns.

I bake some desserts at home with my little cousin during Chinese New Year.And this year, I decided to make some popcorn.
And then I bought some corn kernels on TB carelessly / quickly / on impulse and sent it to my hometown and I asked my little cousin to sign for it. A few days later, my cousin told me she signed for the corn / kernels and she asked me “why did you buy 5 kilograms of kernels?”. So i have an idea which is that have decided to sell it during CNY.

Vocabulary

used a pan to cook some dishes 

used a pan to fry some meat and vegetables

she asked me “why did you buy 5 kilograms of kernels?” = she asked me why I bought 5 kgs of kernels

kgs = kilos = kilograms
eg. i bought 5 kilos of popcorn

kms = ks = kilometers
eg. the car was going 60 ks an hour

let it set
eg. after you make jelly you need to let it set for a few hours

dark chocolate

recently – have done / have been doing
these days – is / are
eg. recently I have been really busy
eg2. these days I am really busy
fun = makes you enjoy yourself
funny = makes you laugh
interesting = makes you think

Speaking exercise

Describe a healthy activity that you don’t do but should do and will do soon! (tomorrow)
What it is
When / where you do it
Who you do it with
Why do you think it’s healthy

+ key grammar structures: that, which, who, because, to do, for sth, practice short simple sentences, then connect them.

I think swimming is a healthy activity that we should do every year because swimming is good for our health and good for losing weight. During the summer I go to shanghai aquatic centre with my roommate in recent years / in the last few years which we started 2 years ago. After we learned how to swimming, we fell in love with swimming which I think is fun and it can make us lose weight. and swimming is a skill for survival. 
I think swimming is a healthy activity that we should do every year because swimming is good for keeping fit and good for losing weight. During the summer I have been going to shanghai aquatic centre with my roommate in recent years / in the last few years which we started to do 2 years ago. After we learned how to swim, we fell in love with swimming which I think is fun and can make us lose weight. Swimming is (also) a survival skill (as well). 

Grammar

I bought a computer which is black.
I bought a computer which I really like (to use for playing computer games)
I bought a computer which I planned to do for a long time.
remember: you don’t need AT ON IN.. etc 
1 day
today
tomorrow
1 day ago
after 2 days
I will go to work tomorrow = after 1 day
I will go to work after 2 days
I went to work yesterday
2 days ago
I am here
I am at Smart English