VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Homework


Is there any country where you would not like to live, why?

Speaking exercise

I not eat something foreigner food or chinese food. -> I have not eaten all the foreign food or Chinese food yet / there are many dishes I don’t know / I have never tried many dishes…

I like Japanese food, sushis. udon noodles.

I like sweet food like cake and bread in SH.
I also like Thai food.

Japanese curry is sweet, Thai curry is stronger. / Thai curry has a stronger taste.
Indian curry is too complicated, you don’t know the ingredients.

Many people are Shanghainese, last year they came back from Japan.
Many restaurant were opened by Chinese people. / Many Chinese people open Japanese restaurants

They know the taste of the Japanese and the Chinese. They adapt it
They adapt it to make many people like it.

American pizza is fast food

I like fried chicken.
I like dumplings and small snacks.
I like Yangzhounese food

I can cook some simple food/dishes and make juice.

I think if you choose cantonese restaurants. It is not like SH, it is not very international. So I choose SH/I prefer SH. / you have less choice in Guangzhou.

It is hard to get the original taste

Many countries have curry.
Curry can have many different tastes.

Vocabulary

North
East
West西
South

South East Asia (n)  东南亚
He travelled to South East Asia

Vietnam (n) 越南
He went on a trip to Vietnam

Vietnamese (adj)
he likes Vietnamese food

to boil (v)煮
I boil the water and make boiled eggs

boiled egg

intestine (n)
he likes to eat pork intestine noodles

boxed lunch (n) 盒饭
I was given a boxed lunch on the plane

street food  (n)  food you can buy on the street
There is a lot of street food but not all is clean

heaven / paradise (n) 天堂
Shanghai is a paradise for food/for foodies

foodie (n) 美食家
I am a foodie, I like to eat a lot of delicious food.

fast food (n)
I don’t like fast food

to adapt (v) 改编
HDL adapted the hotpot so that many people like it.

ingredient (n) 原料
I don’t know what ingredients they use

curry (n) 咖喱菜肴
Thai curry is very strong

Writing exercise

I was born and raised up in Shanghai, I love my hometown of Shanghai, I like the gentle sunset in Shanghai.
Whether it is early in the morning or late at night, the city has energy to it. I have been to business trips to many city in China / I have travelled to many other cities in China however I feel Shanghai has always been a cosmopolitan city/I feel SH is an international city / . You can find all kinds of good food from many countries / from all over the world / You can find a lot of foreign food restaurants.

Grammar

You mostly use ever in questions

Have you ever been to BJ?
-> I went to BJ in 2017
-> I have never been to BJ.