VIP Class Notes (Alex)

Vocabulary

life insurance

e.g. my cousin sells life insurances

role – noun

Johnny Depp plays the role of Jack Sparrow

If the movie has a killer, somebody needs to play the role of the killer / act as the killer

What is your role in this movie? I play the bad guy / I play the role of the bad guy

role play – usually used as a verb

to role play a conversation

role playing game

e.g. I play role playing games on the weekend

to play a role = to act

cosplay

with cosplay, you need to wear a costume

costume = an unusual, funny outfit

I’m wearing a scary costume for Halloween

at the moment = now, these days

go out = party / go to bars, clubs, K-TV (in some context)

are you going out tonight?

I like to go out with friends

snack = small thing you eat between meals: ice cream, chocolate bar

a snack after dinner

we have a late dinner

advertising

e.g there is so much advertising on Youku

video 视频

e.g. my friend works in video advertising

computer programmer

e.g. my friend is a computer programmer

taxes

I need to pay a lot of taxes on imported products

he feels boring – he feels bored

this movie is boring, I feel bored when I watch this movie