VIP Class Notes (Maddie)

Speaking exercise

there’s a chinese map hanging on the wall which have a national flag on the top left.

there’s a chinese map hanging on the wall, on the top left corner of which have is a national flag on the top left corner.
there’s a chinese map hanging on the wall, where there’s a national flag of china on the top left corner.

this is a situation/ where we need to keep calm.

active–>passive voice

we think of it as a good sign. 我们认为这是一个好的信号

this is a good sign been (which was) thought of by us 这是我们想出来的一个好信号

it is thought of as a good sign by us. 我们认为这是一个好的信号

we never heard of this girl, but she is actually a superstar.
the girl never heard of by us is actually xxx

Grammar

nominal clauses

  1. it excited me that he goes to prison.
    that he is going to prison excited me a lot.
  2. he said that xxx
  3. this news excited me which he goes to prison.
    the news that he’s going to prison excited me.

adjective clauses

  1. he’s the first person that went to the Moon.
  2. this is the smallest toy train that i’ve ever seen.
  3. where = in/on/at + which
    e.g.

Speaking exercise

it’s very spacial that where one of the walls of it is black. there are a lot of plants outside the window of it and i think that the cobbing wardrobe/closet is too small to put all my clothes in. and the bed is quite comfortable. i like cotton ones instead of the silk ones because i think it’s softer and can get closer to my skin.

the last time i go outside is in the labours day. we go to place which is not popular which is called xxx. so i just want to get released in the period. we live in a hotel surrounded by the hills for 3 days. we sit beside the lake and watches the hill far away from therem just listen to the birds smell the flowers to relax us and healing the anxiety in work and in life. but actually there’s accident here- our room in hotel is not so good because the light cannot closed at ngiht. they should not have this mistake. so in the midnight my husband asked the service to take off the whole light. this is the only not so nice moment in this trip.

the last time i go went outside is in was on the labours day. we go went to a place which is not popular which is called xxx. so i just want to get released in the period. we live stayed in a hotel surrounded by the hills for 3 days. we sit beside the lake and watches the hill far away from there; just listen to the birds smell the flowers to relax us ourselves and healing the anxiety in from work and in life. but actually there’s one accident here- our room in the hotel is not so good because the light cannot be turned off close at night. they should not have made this mistake. so in the at midnight my husband asked the service to take off the whole light. this is the only not-so-nice moment in this trip.

it goes without saying that

Pronunciation

hill