Online Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

etiquette: li jie
ie. I have good dinner etiquette.

entitled: (adj)  (n)entitlement quan li / zi ge
ie. Some people think they’re entitled to certain privileges.
ie. His sense of entitlement is disgusting./disturbing.

well-versed: Jing tong de
ie. I am well-versed in dancing./k-pop.

smokey/husky: sexy (voice)
ie.Jackson Wang has smokey/husky voice.

mesmerize: Zhao mi (kind of dizzy)
ie. Natalie’s beauty is mesmerizing (adj).

lust: sexual desire
ie. It’s difficult, sometimes, to separate lust from love.

stunning: chao mei
ie. Natalie is stunning. Natalie is strikingly beautiful.

captivate: mi zhu
ie. I am captivated by Natalie’s brilliance.

outspoken: (adj)straightforward, likes to voice their opinions (likes to speak out)
ie. She is very outspoken in public.

objectify: make something into a commodity
ie. Don’t objectify women.

innate: (adj)born with it
ie. Even though I have done bad things, innately I’m a good person.

dull:

ie. The knife is dull.
ie. My life is dull.

Grammar

“Leave work at work”

How many boyfriends has she had?

She has had countless boyfriends.

Q: What do you look for in an ideal boyfriend?
A: I think he should be more mature than me.  He must be very good looking, like Lily’s men. The thing I care the most is that if I encounter some problems, I turn to him he can give me valid solutions and guidance. I want to have sophisticated conversations with him. He can be an introverted person or ….  I have had 3 boyfriends before, but all of them has got their own problems, very typical problems. My first one was, he was born in a very traditional Chinese family, and his parents had been educating him that a purpose for a woman is to support men. So he was a bit… “How about I take you guys for a dinner”… He felt like there was no point to ask me. He didn’t do it in a purpose but that’s in his personality. The second one was even worse. He’s my classmate in middle school so we met each other at a very young age. In middle school, we didn’t confirm the relationship with each other. He changed a lot what he liked in middle school. His family changed from a very poor family to a very rich family.

A: I think he should be more mature than I am.  He must be very good looking, like Jackson Wang. The thing I care the most is that if I encounter some problems, I turn to him he can give me valid solutions and guidance./ he can offer helpful solutions and guidance when I encounter problems. I want to have sophisticated conversations with him. He can be an introverted person or ….  I have had 3 boyfriends before, but all of them have got their own problems, very typical problems. My first one was, he was born in a very traditional Chinese family, and his parents have been educating him that a woman’s sole purpose is to support men. So he was a bit… “How about I take you guys out for a dinner”… He felt like there was no reason to ask me. He didn’t do it on purpose/purposefully but that’s in his personality/. The second one was even worse. He’s my classmate in middle school so we met each other at a very young age. In middle school, we didn’t confirm the relationship with each other./we didn’t make commitments/we were not in a committed relationship. He changed a lot from what he was like/how he was in middle school, because his family came into a lot of money overnight./suddenly became rich.

Pronunciation

mature

Big Bang Theory

painful = p+Ane+ful