VIP Class Notes (Alex)

Vocabulary

confidence

e.g. I have more confidence speaking English since I study at smart

convince 说服

e.g. in my job in need to talk to people for a long time to convince them to buy an insurance

potential = something that is not there yet, but could be in the future

e.g. potential customer

potential problems

landscape

e.g. In China there are very beautiful landscapes in the South: mountains, lakes…

desert

e.g. there is a very large desert in the middle of Australia

dynamic = adj. usually to describe a place where a lot of things are happening, where the pace of living is very fast

e.g. Shanghai is a very dynamic city

it’s part of the experience

I experience something new / I discover something new / I get to know something new

I experience a country = I discover the food, the people, the architecture, the culture… All of these things are part of the experience

I went to Italy and I got lost, but that’s okay because it’s part of the experience

Russia was not a very exciting experience

connection 关联

e.g. Greece has a lot of connections with the past, with history

myth 神话

e.g. As a kid I loved to learn about the Greek myths

recommend 推荐

e.g. I recommend Greece as a travel destination

overtime

to work overtime

e.g. every day I have to work overtime, I finish work at 9

stress 压力

e.g. I have a lot of stress at work, I feel really stressed at work

a TV series is divided into episodes

e.g. episode 1, episode 2 …

game of thrones has 10 episodes per season

it’s different ~~like~~ here – it’s different from here

island – don’t pronounce the “s”