VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

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Write about the house that you lived in as a kid – what’s the difference between then and now? Do you think it was a good experience living in that house and did you learn much from it?

Aron and I brought our first apartment in February 2014 which is a penthouse with 330 square meters indoor area and 150 square meters rooftop which we made it as a lovely garden. Our friends love to hang out at our place to have a drink, BBQ in the garden and cook together Since the house is located in Xinhua road which close to Jiao Tong University which is only take 2 mins to the metro station which is very convenient to them.
We spent plenty of time and money either on the decoration which makes the whole place is more fancy and close to our dream house which it’s should be minimalism style which is most popular style in in Scandinavia. I believe less is more, I always prefer something simple and clean compare complicated. The whole area base on white color, with something gold and light oak. There are 3 bedrooms in the house, since leisure space took most of the place. It is hard to tell which area is my favorite, but I would say I love the master bedroom most if I must pick one, it’s a 30 square meters bedroom with a 15 square meters restroom which is roomy and privacy feeling. When I close my door, it’s like another independent apartment but no kitchen. ;-P Most of Chinese people are living with their family, even Aron and I no need to worry about this, I do think to have space and time to be stay with yourself is important and necessary which you can thinking, reading, meditation, chat with friends or just watch a movie have some pop-corns.

Aron and I bought our first apartment in February 2014 which is a penthouse with a 330 square meter indoor area and a 150 square meter rooftop which we made into a lovely garden. Our friends love to hang out at our place to have a drink, BBQ in the garden and cook together since the house is located on Xinhua road which is close to Jiao Tong University which only takes 2 mins to walk to the metro station which is very convenient for them.
We spent plenty of time and money too on the decoration which makes the whole place more fancy and close to our dream house which should be minimalism style which is most popular style in Scandinavia. I believe less is more, and I always prefer something simple and clean compared to complicated. The whole area is based on white, with some things being gold and light oak. There are 3 bedrooms in the house, since leisure areas took most of the space. It is hard to tell which area is my favorite, but I would say I love the master bedroom most, if I must pick one. It’s a 30 square meter bedroom with a 15 square meter restroom which feels roomy and private. When I close my door, it’s like another independent apartment but no kitchen / without a kitchen. ;-P Most Chinese people are living with their family, but / luckily / thankfully Aron and I don’t need to worry about this and I do think to have space and time to stay by yourself in which you can think, read, meditate, and chat with friends or just watch a movie have some popcorn is important and necessary. 

Vocabulary

Wow Julia really loves burgers, but even Jesse doesn’t like them that much!

they are very wordy – they like to talk 

this email is very wordy, can you make it more simple?

area – a specific separated place
space – emptiness that you can put things in
place – general
eg. this is the kitchen area. Over there is the place for cooking, and that place is where we eat.

I love all drinks with coffee being my favourite
I think all my students work hard with Julia working the hardest

I like it too = we both like it
I don’t like it either = we both don’t like it

I have a computer which is black / which I use every day

Vegetables are good for you / Jesse is good for me = how sth affects me
I am good to you = how sth treats you

I hope my son turns into a good young man = I hope my son becomes a good young man

I picked my son up from school to take him home. Then I dropped him off at home and I went to my friend’s house.

Grammar

Most of the time
Most of the students at SE
Most students 

my son is 2 years old
i have a 2 year-old son

she has been living Tokyo for 10 years
she has lived in Tokyo for 10 years

i used to live in Japan = now I don’t

we just have vacation for 1 week. when we arrived the airport coco, the driver we used to know came to pick us up to the hotel. it took 30 minutes from the airport. the first one the decoration of the hotel was more simple compared to the last one. i think it’s important because i want everything to looks clean because you know when the furniture is dark and brown it’s hard to tell if it’s clean or not but when it’s something white or not.

we just had a vacation for 1 week. when we arrived at the airport, Coco, the driver we used last time / had used before came to pick us up and drive us to the hotel which took 30 minutes from the airport. the decoration of the first hotel was more simple compared to the last one. i think it’s important because i want everything to look clean because you know when the furniture is dark and brown it’s hard to tell if it’s clean or not but when it’s something white it’s easy to tell.