Relationships are like glass, sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting them back together.
_the words are from one of my friends' msn personal statement, and I really like them:)

Oh god, I love "The Notebook". It's so sad but I love it from my heart. It's awesome, and also the story makes me cry. Oh I love the characters and the roles. Oh so sweet n sad, I love Allie and Noah_ Rachel and Ryan~ I'm glad they are couple in real life. Thats so nice and sweet~
I love that two movies:"A walk to remember" and "The Notebook". Seriously, they're awesome!!!!!!!!!!

well

Well I think I just want to say something about what have happened recently. We, all the 10th grader, have community service today. We spent about an hour in the bus ride, to the country side. We worked at a place called "Down Home Ranch". Well the job was pretty hard, because the weather was pretty hot. And I was wearing my new sweatshirt. Hehe, really hot. Everyone else besides our group was just chatting and throw maybe one or two rocks at a time into the baskets. But I think I stil had a good time there, I really enjoy the country side.
I love country life~To breath the fresh n sweet air, enjoy the beautiful sunshine, feel the breeze:) Thats really enjoyable~
Well we have special schedule tmr, because it's Eucharist tomorrow, so I think it will be really special tmr~ Especially when we have ONE HOUR CHAPEL TMR!!!!!! That's no fun:( gosh ONE HOUR CHAPEL. Well never mind then, thats the fact. I'm gonna to focus on my homework now.

Happy Hallowe'en~

Yeah!!!!!Happy Halloween, everyone~
It's my first Halloween outside China, since there's no celebration for Halloween in China. It's really fun to see students dressed up for the holiday. Haha, one the boarding boys dressed like a sexy girl. I just wondered how he borrowed the short skirt and pretty boots, it's really funny:) hahahaha. Well David and Henry dressed like old n classical HK stars, wearing big sunglasses and black uniforms. Thats funny, haha~ Well some other guys also had funny dress up. But the dinner wasn't really good. I feel hungry now, that's not fun at all. I watched TV for almost 1 n a half hour, I watched the "American Next Top Model", it's kind of interesting, but it's just a review today, I'm really looking forward to the next Wednesday. And also I watched the "Gossip Girl". It 's kind of old boring, but it's okay.

UNITÉ 3

Well here comes the last notes on french that I hv finished~

LEÇON 5

Vocabulaire

How to talk about what you like and don’t like to do :

Est-ce que tu aimes___ ? (do you like___ ?)

J’aime___ (I like___)

Je n’aimes pas___ (I don’t like___)

Je préfère___ (I prefer___)

mais (but)

toujours (always)

téléphoner to phone

parler français to talk, speak French

parler anglais to speak English

parler espagnol to speak Spanish

manger to eat

chanter to sing

danser to dance

nager to swim

jouer au tennis to play tennis

jouer au basket to play basket

jouer au foot to play soccer

jouer aux jeux vidéo to play video games

regarder la télé to watch TV

écouter la radio to listen to the radio

dîner au restaurant to have dinner at the restaurant/ to eat out

voyager to travel

étudier to study

travailler to work

How to talk about what you want, would like, and do not want to do :

Je veux___ (I want___)

Je voudrais___ (I would like___)

Je ne veux pas___ (I don’t want___)

How to invite a friend :

Est-ce que tu veux___ ? (do you want to___ ?)

Est-ce que tu peux___ ? (can you___ ?)

avec moi/toi (with me/you)

How to accept an invitation :

Oui, bien sûr___ (yes, of course___)

Oui, merci___ (yes, thanks___)

Oui, d’accord___ (yes, all right, okay___)

je veux bien. (I’d love to.)

je veux bien___ (I’d love to___)

How to turn down an invitation :

Je regrette, mais (I’m sorry, but)

je ne peux pa___ (I can’t___)

Je dois___ (I have to, I must___)

L’étiquette téléphonique

To introduce yourself when phoning a friend, you say :

Allô...Ici Thomas. Bonjour. Ça va ?

If your friend is not home and if a parent answers, you say :

Allô...Ici Thomas Rémi. Bonjour, monsieur(madame).

Est-ce que je pourrais (may I) parler à Mélanie ?

If you would like to leave a message, you ask :

Est-ce que je peux (can I) laisser un message ?

Before hanging up, you say :

Merci, monsieur(madame). Au revoir.

LEÇON 6

Le verbe être et les pronoms sujets

Singular	je suis tu es il/elle est	I am you are he/she is	Je suis américain. Tu es français. Il est anglais.
Plural	nous sommes vous êtes ils/elles sont	we are you are they are	Nous sommes à Paris. Vous êtes à San Francisco Ils sont à Genève.

Note the expression être d’accord (to agree) :

_Tu es d’accord avec moi ? (do you agree with me ?)

_Oui, je suis d’accord ! (Yes, I agree)

Où est Cécile ? (where is Cécile ?)

Elle est___ ici (here)

à Paris (in Paris)

à Boston

à la maison (at home)

en classe (in class)

en vacances (on vacation)

en ville (in town)

en France (in France)

au café (at the café)

au restaurant

au cinéma (at the movies)

là (here,there)

là-bas (over here)

Yes/no questions :

Est-ce que + STATEMENT ?

Est-ce qu’ (+ VOWEL SOUND)？

When you expect someone to agree with you, another way to form a yes/no question is to add the tag n’est-ce pas at the end of the sentence.

How to answer a yes/no question :

Mais oui (sure)

Bien sûr (of course)

Peut-être___ (maybe___)

Mais non (of course not)

La négation

Negative sentences :

Subject + ne + verbs + pas n’(+ vowel sound)

Éric n’est pas avec moi.

Mots utiles (useful words)

à at Je suis à la maison à dix heures.

in Nous sommes à Paris.

de from Vous êtes de San Francisco.

of Voici une photo de Paris.

(de becomes d’ befor a vowel sound.)

et and Anne et Sophie sont en vacances.

ou or Qui est-ce ? Juliette ou Sophie ?

avec wtih

pour for Je veux travailler pour Monsieur Martin.

mais but Je ne suis pas français, mais j’aime parler français.

Les verbes en –er :le singulier

The basic form of a verb is called the infinitive. Many French infinitives end in –er.

Infinitive	parler	Endlinds
Stem	parl-
Present tense (singular)	Je parle français. Tu parles anglais. Il/Elle parle espagnol.	-e -es -e

The above endings are silent.

New verbs :

aimer to like

habiter(à) to live(in + city)

inviter to invite

organiser to organize

visiter to visit(places,not people)

regarder to look(at)

to watch

Les verbes en –er : le pluriel

Infinitive	parler	Endings
Stem	parl-
Presnet tense (Plural)	Nous parlonz français. Vous parlez anglais. Ils/Elles parlent espagnol.	-ons -ez -ent

The –ent ending is silent.

When the infinitive of the verb ends in –ger, the nous form ends in –geons.

nager : nous nageons

manger : nous mangeons

voyager : nous voyageons

Le présent des verbes en –er :forme affirmative et forme négative

Affirmative	Negative
je parle tu parles il/elle parle	je ne parle pas tu ne parles pas il/elle ne parle pas
nous parlonz vous parlez ils/elles parlent	nous ne parlons pas vous ne parlez pas ils/elles ne parlent pas

Je joue au tennis. I play tennis.

I do play tennis.

I am playing tennis.

Je ne joue pas au tennis. I don’t play tennis.

I’m not playing tennis.

Vacabulaire

Saying how well, how often, and when :

bien _ well

très bien _ very well

mal _ badly, poorly

beaucoup _ a lot, much, very much

un peu _ a little, a little bit

rarement _ rarely, seldom

maintenant _ now

souvent _ often

toujours _ always/still

Mots et expressions

organiser une boum _ to organize a party

être _ to be

être d’accord _ to agree

faire _ to do, make

faire un match _ to play a game(match)

faire une promenade _ to go for a walk

faire un voyage _ to take a trip

faire attention _ to pay attention

Mots utiles :

à _ at, in, to

aussi _ also, too

avec _ with

de _ from, of

et _ and

mais _ but

ou _ or

pour _ for

UNITÉ 2

Well heres come the French notes, and they are to be continued, I hope they're helpful 4 ur french study~

LEÇON 3

How to say that you are hungry :

J’ai faim. (I’m hungry)

Tu as faim ? (Are you hungry ?)

How to offer a friend something :

Tu veux___ ? (Do you want___ ?)

Qu’est-ce que tu veux ? (what do you want ?)

How to ask a friend for something :

Je voudrais___ (I would like___)

Donne-moi___ (give me___)

S’il te plaît___ (Please___)

Les nourritures (food)

un croissant (牛角包)

un sandwich

un steak

un steak-frites (steak+french fries)

un hamburger

un hot dog

une salade

une pizza

une omelette (煎蛋)

une crêpe (薄煎餅)

une glace (ice-cream)

How to say that you are thirsty :

J’ai soif. (I’m thirsty)

Tu as soif ? (are you thirsty?)

How to order in a café :

Vous désirez? (May I help you?)

Je voudrais___ (I would like___)

How to request something___

From a friend : S’il te plaît, donne-moi___ (please, give me___)

From an adult : S’il vous plaît, donnez-moi___ (please, give me___)

Les boissons (beverages)

un sode

un jus d’orange

un jus de pomme (apple juice)

un jus de tomate

un jus de raisin (grape juice)

une limonade

un café

un thé (tea)

un chocolat

pâté (鹅肝酱)

un crème (more American-style coffee with cream)

un coca

une orangina (橘子味汽水)

How to ask how much something costs :

C’est combien ? (how much is it ?)

Ça fait combien ? (how much does that come to (make) ?)

Ça fait___ (that’s___, that comes to___)

Combien coûte___ ? (how much does___cost ?)

II/ Elle coûte___ (it costs___)

How to ask a friend to lend you something :

Prête-moi___ (lend me___, loan me___)

LEÇON 4

How to talk about the time :

Quelle heure est-il ? (what time is it ?)

II est___ (it’s___)

une heure

deux heures

trois heures

quatre heures

cinq heures

six heures

sept heures

huit heures

neuf heures

dix heures

onze heures

midi (12 a.m.)

minuit (12 p.m.)

du matin (in the morning)

du l’après-midi (in the afternoon)

du soir (in the evening)

How to ask at what time something is scheduled :

À quelle heure est___ ? (at what time is___ ?)

How to say that you have an appointment or a date :

J’ai un rendez-vous à___ (I have an appointment/a date at___)

How to indicate the half hour and the quarter hours :

et quart (3)

et demie (6)

moins le quart (9)

How to talk about days of the week :

Quel jour est-ce ? (what day is it ?)

Aujourd’hui, c’est___ (today is___)

Demain, c’est___ (tomorrow is___)

How to tell people when you will see them again :

À samedi (see you Saturday)

À demain (see you tomorrow)

Les jours de la semaine (days of the week)

lundi (Monday)

mardi (Tuesday)

mercredi (Wednesday)

jeudi (Thursday)

vendredi (Friday)

samedi (Saturday)

dimanche (Sunday)

aujourd’hui (today)

demain (tomorrow)

How to talk about the date :

Quelle est la date ? (what’s the date ?)

C’est le douze octobre (it’s October 12)

C’est le premier juin (it’s June first)

How to talk about birthday :

C’est quand, ton anniversaire ? (when is your birthday ?)

Mon anniversaire est le deux mars. (my birthday is March 2)

Les mois de l’année (months of the year)

janvier (Jan)

février (Feb)

mars (Mar)

avril (Apr)

mai (May)

juin (Jun)

juillet (July)

août (Aug)

septembre (Sept)

octobre (Oct)

novembre (Nov)

décembre (Dec)

Le date

To express a date in French, the pattern is :

le + NUMBER +MONTH

EXCEPTION : The first of the month is le premier

How to talk about the weather :

Quel temps fait-il ? (how’s the weather ?)

Il fait beau. (it’s beautiful/fine/nice)

Il fait bon. (it’s good/fine)

Il fait chaud. (it’s hot/warm)

Il fait frais. (it’s cool/chill)

Il fait froid. (it’s cold/chill)

Il fait mauvais. (it’s bad weather)

Il pleut. (it’s rainy)

Il neige. (it’s snowy)

Les saisons (seasons)

le printemps (spring)

l’été (summer)

l’automne (autumn)

l’hiver (winter)

au printemps (in (the) spring)

en été (in (the) summer)

en automne (in (the) fall)

en hiver (in (the) winter)

Yeah!Friday~

Yeah!Friday~ I'm really looking forward to the weekends~ Well tonight I'm eating out to attend the twins' birthday for Korean food! Yeah I'm so excited to be off the campus. But I'll still have to go to tap dance class first. We're leaving at 6:30.

Jean Austin

Oh god I love Jean Austin's work so much~ I have just watched the movie vision of her work " Pride and Prejudice" (First Impression). It has been my 3rd time. I love it so much!!!
And also it called to me another movie about Jean Austin's love "Becoming Jean" it's also great and I have also watched it many times. I love them so much~
God I haven't finished my homework yet, but they are so nice that I can't help spending almost 3 hours watching the movies, they are just so good, and one of the most important points of the movies is the music, the music is always so good~ Since I love classical things, especially classical music, the music of the movies touches me so deeply that I can always remember the movies and Jean Austin~
God now I think it's time to focus on my history work again, and I will have a lot of work to do tonight but I don't want to have any late night any more!
I feel so bad now because I closed the windows of the movie, 555T-T

paper due tmr on franz kafka

OH GOD! I feel so bad! I spent almost an hour in wrapping the gifts that I would give to the twins. And now I have finished the work and it looks so ugly. Oh dear I feel really bad, I haven't finished my paper yet and the gifts now looks so bad! I really hate it. BUT I shall try my best to make myself happy again, I know I should. I feel much better after I write down my pain on blog, okay, I'll now start to work. Never mind my complaint, I ought to be happy everyday, but sometimes I just can't do that. I let my poor computer on for almost a half day. I'm really sorry for it~
PAPER DUE TMR T-T

Wednesday

Okay, never mind, I'm just so bored, so I go to the library to write something on my blog. And today, Oct. 10th is the twins' bday, happy birthday, apple and ruby~
Okay and I think I'll have the change to eat three different kinds of cakes at a time, thats pretty nice!
I think I like the chese cake Ms.Hok bought for Ruby, it's pretty good for I don't really the cakes with chese on it. But I like the cakes with fruit, such as strawberry and blue berry, they're delicious~
All right, I'll have to go back to dorm to focus on my Englihs paper, oh god, I haven't finish the thesis paragraph, and the due time is TOMORROW!
OMG
Okay, never mind, nobody will understand me...never mind then

UNITÉ 1

In fact I'm taking French for language at SSES this year. It's beautiful to take French as my third language, and I think it's also helpful to learn English better and learn about French culture. Anyway I do have fun in French class~
So I'd like to post my ideas in French learning and I think they're may be helpful in basis, especially in easy grammar and vocabulary. I hope I can do well in French!
Here comes the document:

LEÇON 1

How to say hello :

Bonjour

Salut

How to say goodbye :

Au revoir (goodbye)

Salut (between friends)

How to ask a classmate’s name :

Comment t’appelles-tu ? (what’s your name)

Je m’appelle______ (my name is____)

How to talk about where people are form :

Tu es de___ ? (are you form___ ?)

Je suis de___ (I’m form___)

How to talk about one’s nationality :

Tu es___ ? (are you___)

Ju suis___ ? (I’m___)

Les nationalités :

Male Female

Français française

Anglais anglaise

Américain américaine

Canadien canadienne

M. =Monsieur (Mr,)

Mme.=Madame (Mrs.)

Mlle.=Mademoiselle (Miss or Ms)

How to ask people how they feel :

Ça va ? (how are you ? how are things going ? how’s everything ?)

Ça va ! ((I’m) fine/okay. Everything’s all right)

Ça va... très bien (very well)

bien (well/fine)

comme ci, comme ça (so-so)

mal (badly/poorly)

très mal (very badly /poorly)

How to express one’s feelings of frustration and appreciation :

Zut ! (darn)

Merci (thanks)

Comment vas-tu ? (when addressing a friend)

Comment allez-vous ? (when addressing an adult)

Other expressions :

Moi (me)

Et toi ? (and you ?)

Oui (yes)

Non (no)

Et (and)

Ou (or)

Aussi (too,also)

LEÇON 2

How to introduce or point out someone :

Voici___ (this is___ ;here come(s)___)

Voilà___ (this/that is___ ;there’s___)

How to find out who someone is :

Qui est-ce ? (who’s that ?who is it ?)

C’est___ (it’s___ ;that’s___ ;he’s___,she’s___)

How to get someone’s attention or to express surprise :

Tiens ! (look !/hey !)

Les personnes :

un garçon boy

un ami friend(M)

un copain friend(M)

une fille girl

une amie friend(F)

une copine friend(F)

un monsieur gentleman

un prof teacher

une dame lady

une prof teacher

How to inquire about people :

Tu connais___ ? (do you know___ ?)

How to describe people and give their nationalities :

II est___ (he is___)

Elle est___ (she is___)

How to find out another person’s name :

Comment s’appelle___ ? (what’s the name of___ ?)

II s’appelle___ (his name is___)

Elle s’appelle___ (her name is___)

How to introduce your family :

Voici mon père. (this is my father)

Et voici ma mère. (and this is my mother)

La famille (family)

un frère (brother) une soeur (sister)

un cousin une cousine (cousin)

un père (father) une mère (mother)

un oncle (uncle) une tante (aunt)

un grand-père (grandfather) une grand-mère (grandmother)

Les animaux domestiques (pets)

un chat (cat)

un chien (dog)

How to find out how old a friend is :

Quel âge as-tu ? (how old are you ?)

J’ai___ans. (I’m___(years old))

How to ask about how old others are :

Quel âge a ton père ? (how old is your father ?)

II a quarante-deux ans.

Quel âge a ta mère ? (how old is your mother ?)

Elle a trente-neuf ans.

Numbers :

Zéro

Un

Deux

Trois

Quatre

Cinq

Six

Sept

Huit

Neuf

Dix

Onze

Douze

Treize

Quatorze

Quinze

Seize

dix-sept

dix-huit

dix-neuf

vingt

vingt et un

trente

quarante

cinquante

soixante

soixante et onze

quatre-vingts

quatre-vingt-dix

quatre-vingt-onze

cent

mille

(my) ma (F) mon(M)

(a) la (F) le (M)

(your) ta (F) ton(M)

Note : both le and la become l’ before a vowel sound