VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

continue doing some exercises:

https://www.prepscholar.com/toefl/blog/toefl-speaking-topics/

Be careful about time management
Write down some of the sentences you plan to use.

• Where would you like to travel for your next vacation? Describe what the place is like and why you want to visit it.I would definitely like to travel to Japan for my next vacation and I have plan for it for a long time.
  in fact I have been there for 2 times but that is not enough for me.
  Japan is a very beautiful and clean place and most of the people living there look very polite.they don’t worry about the quality of the food and provide perfect service.
  overtime I went there with my wife we shopped a lot.
  Japanese people learned a lot from Chinese in ancient times. they learned characters. contrustion styles. we can see a lot of ancient buildings in japan that look like buildings in china.
  I will to to Japan to many more ties to visit as more cities as possible.

• Where would you like to travel for your next vacation? Describe what the place is like and why you want to visit it.I would definitely like to travel to Japan for my next vacation and I have planned it for a long time.
  in fact I have been there twice (already) but that is not enough for me.
  Japan is a very beautiful and clean place/ Japan is both clean and beautiful and most of the people living there are very polite.
  One issue we have in china is food safety. I do not have to worry about that when I travel to Japan and it is such a relief. Moreover Japanese people provide perfect service.
  every time I went there with my wife we ate and shopped a lot.
  Japanese people learned a lot from Chinese people in ancient times/in the past/a long time ago. they learned characters. architectural styles. we can see a lot of ancient buildings in japan that look like buildings in china. / a lot of ancient buildings are very similar in terms of architecture.
  I will go to Japan again to visit as many cities as possible.

• What is your ideal career? Describe what it would be like and why it appeals to you.My ideal career is teaching/My ideal career is in/would be in education/My vocation is to be a teacher , which is what. I’m doing now/actually this is my current job. But it took me 15 years to find out/ to realize/to figure out that being a teacher is what I want to be most of all. / what I really want to be.
  As a teacher I communicate with children and parent directly. I feel I have the power to influence their growth  and to make them better. / to help them realize their potential. I feel I contribute a lot to the society and the world.

• Who is the best teacher you’ve had? What qualities make him/her such a good teacher?my primary class teacher mrs Chu is my best teacher I have ever had.
  She was a loving woman. She cared about every child in her class from study to living. I was very sick one time and she noticed that and carried me to the hospital which was 2km away on her back.
  This movement encouraged me until now.

I remember a teacher in primary school, is the best teacher I have ever had.
She was a loving woman. She cared about (each and) every child in her class both as pupils and as human beings. she was very interested in our progress and wellbeing.. I was very sick one time and she noticed that and carried me to the hospital which was 2km away on her back.
although the nearest hospital was 2km away, she took me there on her back.

her deed/her action has been encouraging me until now.

Vocabulary

architecture: building design
China had a huge influence on Japanese architecture.

customized : changed according to specifications
We provided customized machines to the factory.

vocation : purpose, life’s work
I feel that my vocation is to be a teacher.

Grammar

comparative / superlative
John is taller than Tom (comparative)

John is the tallest (superlative)