VIP Class Notes (Alex) (S-W)

One of the most prevalent TV shows is Chinese Restaurant Ⅲ recently. The TV show invites actors, singers and celebrities from other industries to operate a Chinese restaurant together in a foreign country. There are three seasons. First two seasons has a warm and relaxing atmosphere. The third season become viral results from Huang Xiaoming, a famous actor. He is the restaurant’s manager. He asked others to give him some suggestions but never adopt. His classic quotation is “I don’t want to you think it’s OK, yet I want to I think it’s OK.”Audiences say this sentence in other occasions with tongue in cheeky.

Revised

One of the most prevalent TV shows recently is Chinese Restaurant Ⅲ. The TV show invites actors, singers and celebrities from other industries to operate a Chinese restaurant together in a foreign country. There are three seasons. First two seasons had a warm and relaxing atmosphere. The third season became viral because of Huang Xiaoming, a famous actor. He is the restaurant’s manager. He asks others to give him some suggestions but never adopts them. Something he often says is “I don’t care what you think, it’s what I think.” Audiences say this sentence in other occasions in a tongue-in-cheek way. 

Vocabulary

bossy, adj. = someone who has a strong temper and wants to tell others what to do
My friend is very bossy, she always wants to choose what we eat when we go to the restaurant

quotation = asking for a price
I want to work with this company but I need to ask for a quotation first.

quote = a sentence taken from a book, a song, an article …
To be or not to be is famous quote from Shakespeare

tongue-in-cheek = sarcastic

Topic: what makes you happy?

I can receive my salary on time. For me my salary is not give me every month on average. The company give me the basic salary and at the end of the year they will give me the bonus. And the bonus is more than my basic salary so the most thing I looking forward is the end of the year’s bonus. It makes me happy if I can receive this amount of money.

Revised

It makes me happy to receive my bonus on time at the end of the year. The salary I get every month is just a basic salary and at the end of the year the company gives me a bonus. And the bonus is more than my total salary over the year, so the thing I look forward to the most is the end of the year’s bonus. It makes me happy if I can receive this amount of money.

Grammar

when to use wage and when to use salary?

“Wage” is used preferably when talking about a bigger picture.
eg. The minimum wage in Shanghai is about 4000 RMB.

Salary sounds a little more personal.
eg. How much is your salary?

yet has several meanings.
1. However, usually at the beginning of the sentence
I like this movie. Yet I don’t think I want to watch it again.

2. 还， usually at the end of the sentence
Did you do your homework yet? Not yet.
I haven’t been to Japan yet.

3. Still，it’s very rare to use it in that sense.
The child yet has to be born. = the child still has to be born (not born yet)

99% of the time, it will be meaning 1 or 2.