VIP Class Notes (Alex) [S]

Vocabulary

annoying 麻烦

e.g. Mosquitoes are annoying

field 

medical field

industry 

medical industry

occasionally 

e.g. I occasionally contact my ex-classmates

suburbs = the outskirts / the outside of the city … between the city center and countryside

e.g. Songjiang district is in the suburbs of Shanghai

Grammar

people are difficult to communicate – it’s difficult to communicate with people / some people are difficult to talk to 

less of them – a few of them

I prefer something / someone to + verb

I prefer my husband to be from Shanghai

I will be in abroad for study – I will study abroad 

a / the 

an apartment = one out of many apartments (an apartment in Pudong)

the apartment = one particular apartment (the apartment of my mother…)

Speaking exercise

How do you see yourself in 5 years?

I want to promote to senior manager in my work. Maybe I will be married and have one or two babies. I prefer my husband working in a different industry. I want to have one boy and one girl. I’m still in Shanghai or in abroad for study. I will buy the apartment which is in the suburbs, and the car.