Use three adjectives to describe your life up to now.
- busy, interesting, hopeful, tiring, happy, challenging, stressful, balanced, active
- I am a programmer at a software company.
- I go to work at 8:00 am in the morning.
- After 9 hours, I run home along the road.
- I always go to work and go back home
List three amazing experiences you have had in your life.
- The first one is I got my first job as a programmer. I like programming, so it is a amazing experience.
- The second one is I got a promotion. I can manage some people to do something for me.
- The last one is I met my girlfriend. She is a beautiful girl.
Look at the sentences below. Have you had any of the same experiences?
- I have studied English abroad.
- I studied English at university.
- I have been to Europe.
- I went to Europe last fall.
- What's the difference in meaning?
present perfect 现在完成时:open, indefinite period of time
past tense 过去时:closed period of time
Choose the correct verb.
- Tom has lost his course book, so he's going to find it hard to follow the class.
*Tom lost his course book, but he found it under the sofa before he went to the class. - Francesca made a lot of friends when she was at university in the 1990s.
- Peter has made a lot of friends since he started university.
- I didn't eat at the cafeteria yesterday.
- I haven't eaten at the cafeteria today.
- They have studied at Princeton for two years now.
- They studied at Princeton when they were young.
Interview your classmate.
A: I have climbed Mount Everest. I went to Tibet last summer.
B: That's amazing! I've never climbed a mountain before. But I have travelled XinJiang. These are rare rivers and trees, but these is a large area of desert. It's beautiful.
Today we ...
- talked about our experiences.
- discussed what we did and what we have done.
- said whether we've had similar experiences.
Before you go ...
- Which of your experiences would you mention in your professional profile?
- Name three things you haven't done but want to do one day.