Online Class Notes (Nicholas)

Review grammar section.

Would a woman have an advantages over a man if she were elected the President of a country? Or female leaders in general like a company leader?

Vocabulary

arrogant 傲慢 / is someone who is rude because they think they are better than everyone else.

e.g. Nick’s sister-in-law graduated from Cornell University —it’s an Ivy League school, so she’s very arrogant about it — she thinks if you did not graduate from an Ivy League school, you are worthless.

a movement / a big, growing group of people with a new way of thinking that is growing very popular — this is like a big wave of water growing and moving

e.g. The feminist movement is growing in popularity.

e.g. There is a new movement among young people where they don’t listen to their parents.

gender equality /men and women should be treated the same because they are the same

e.g. Men and women should be treated equally. This is gender equality.

structure of brain / biology (noun) / biological (adjective)

e.g. Men and women have different biology and this causes different behavior.

e.g. Men and women have different biological reasons for their behavior.

e.g. The feminist movement

“it’s rooted in biology” / “it’s rooted” means “this is the reason”…”this is the cause”

road rage / angry when you are driving

e.g. Road rage affects many people in Shanghai.

when they focus on one thing they can hear nothing / they cannot multitask 

Multitask / multitasking / being able to do more than one thing at the same time

e.g. Women are usually better multitaskers than men.

e.g. Women are usually better at multitasking than men.

care about very detail things / women are very [detailed-oriented]

Grammar

**POLITE WAY OF EXPRESSING YOUR FEELINGS…USUALLY TO INTRODUCE A NEGATIVE OPINION**

“If I’m speaking honestly…”

e.g. Your boss asks you “what do you think about our company?” If I’m speaking honestly, I think there are some serious problems with how the company is run.

e.g. “Oh YoYo do you like my beard? Well Nick, if I’m speaking honestly, I think your beard looks pretty stupid.”

clear-minded vs clear mind

e.g. Nick is a clear-minded person. (ADD the “-ED” = DESCRIBING)

e.g. Nick has a clear mind. (NOUN)

when I come home / when I get home

when he sleeped / when he goes to sleep / when he’s finally asleep

Pronunciation

woman / not WHOA-MIN /not WIH-MING / WIH-MIN

maybe women thinking will be gentler / maybe a women’s [thought process] will be gentler

when I was makeup by myself / when I was putting my makeup on / when I was putting on my makeup

you cannot change your sexual / you cannot change your sex (NOUN)

e.g. She was very sexual (ADJECTIVE).

e.g. She was a girl this was her sex. (NOUN)

everyone who had a job / everyone who has a job

until he goed to bed / until he goes to bed

I don’t like hard makeup / I don’t like heavy makeup