Online Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

Reality TV – tv about people’s daily life, or about a situation that a group of people is put into together to see how they react.
e.g. Donald Trump had his own reality-tv show called the Apprentice, where he showed people how to be a boss.
e.g. Some reality-tv shows just follow famous people around to see what they do.

Collaborate – to work together on a project; to cooperate to create something
e.g. We’re collaborating on a new book. She knows the science, and I know the culture.

Host – the person who owns the place you are staying (informally), or doing something (formally); it can be both a noun and a verb
e.g. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is hosting a conference on artificial intelligence.
e.g. My Airbnb host was very nice, and left us maps to find our way around the city. (The host owns the apartment).

To see different sides of – to understand something about a person or a topic or a situation that you didn’t know before
e.g. When husbands see their wives traveling alone, they often see a different side of their wife that didn’t know was there before.

Grammar

Why don’t I use “minus”? – Why can’t I use “minus”?

Minus vs. Subtract
— “Minus” is a word that shows that we’re calculating
e.g. 6 -3 = 3; six minus three is (equal to) 3
— Subtract is the action of removing one number from another; to take
— Subtract is a verb
e.g. If I subtract three from six, I get three.
e.g. If I have six apples and I take three away, I have three left.
Add vs. Plus – this is the same as minus and subtract; add is the verb, to give
e.g. 3 + 3 = 6; three plus three is (equal to) six
e.g. If I have three apples, and I add three more, I have six
e.g. If I have three apples and you give me three more, I have six in total.
Multiply vs. Times
e.g. 6 x 6 = 36; six times six is thirty-six
e.g. If you multiply six times/by six, you get thirty-six.
Divide vs. Divided by

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide are all verbs.
But when you want to read a math calculation, you don’t use verbs. Instead, use minus, plus, times/by, and divided by.

I think that stay at home is very relax – I think that staying at home is very relaxing

In every shows they will have different goals – In every show…

Cooperate vs. Collaborate
— To cooperate is do something together, to work together
— To collaborate is to create something together
Cooperation is more general, and is necessary to collaborate. But collaborate includes the creation of something. Cooperation is about working together, but doesn’t talk about what. Collaboration requires a “what.”

They stay in the studio and they see from the screen their wife’s travels – They stay in the studio and watch their wife’s travels