VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

rebellious: (adj) pan ni de (v) rebel against (person) rebel
ie. Chris was very rebellious in her school days. (What C was like before, em. on school days)
ie. Chris rebelled against her teacher in her school days. (Emphasis on against teacher.)
ie. Chris was a rebel in her school days. (REALLY rebelled)

obedient (adj): shun cong (v) obey (n)obedience
ie. In/under the Chinese education system, children are taught(v) obedience(o) for their teachers(extra info).
ie. In/under the Chinese education system, children are taught to be(cont v) obedient to their teachers(extra info).
ie. In/under the Chinese education system, children are taught to obey(cont v) their teachers(o).

memorize: (v)bei song
ie. I remembered some old gossip/news about her.
ie. I memorized my ex’s phone number.
ie. I asked my student to recite(memorize and tell me) an essay.

commit(v) suicide (n): zi sha
ie. She committed suicide.

mentor: dao shi (n and v) (more than a teacher, closer, more important)
ie. Christ is a mentor leading his pupils.
ie. My mentor in university/college is a successful man.

guru: special master
ie. yoga guru, fashion guru

fail: (v) bu ji ge
ie. I failed her. <— I disappointed her. I couldn’t do what she asked. (big thing)
ie. I failed the driver’s test.

book review:  du hou gan
ie. She wrote a very interesting book review.

bribe: (v and n)hui lu
ie. Chris bribed Ally into not giving her homework.
ie. Bribing government officials/employees is wrong/is a mistake.
ie. The government official took a bribe from my friend.

slap: (v) ba zhang
ie. He slapped himself on the face.

eventually: zui zhong (lots  of things happened… lots of time went by)
ie. After lots of hours of hard work, he eventually finished the work from his boss./the work his boss asked him to do.

upset: (v and adj)angry and sad
ie. Don’t upset her.
ie. She gets upset very easily. (She’s very emotional. She’s drama queen.)

warning: (n)jing gao
ie. The teacher who made her student commit suicide just received a warning.

compliment (v and n): cheng zan
ie. Chris is always fishing/looking for compliments(n) from Ally.
ie. Chris always wants Ally to compliment her./wants compliments (n) from Ally.

bland: no flavor
ie. It was a very bland piece of writing.
ie. My fish is bland but your steak is delicious.

Grammar

“old news”
ie. He’s old news. <– he’s outdated, not popular anymore.

pupil-mentor

go-to(adj) person/place = popular
ie. I am the go-to person for English grammar.
ie. Sanya is the go-to place for scuba diving.

research  vs look up
– scientific research
– look up : for the internet/books

She had good thoughts.

Do you know the news?
Have you heard the news?

When I saw the news, I’m very angry. The elementary school jumped off the building because her teacher killed her ideas.
because her teacher killed her ideas.

Does your country have the same thing?
Is there something similar in your country?
Does this/the same thing happen in your country?

Her teacher don’t she’s thinking more and

The means is..
My meaning is ..

He acted..
He was in the movie

Her idea is not very positive.

Her teacher gave her comments. Before her teacher slapped her. So in these things
so eventually she was so unhappy that she killed herself.

You must memorize this grammar because it will on the test./you will be tested(v) on it.

Her student’s parents in the we chat group complimented her teaching method.

This point made my understand

If I have a child in that class, I wouldn’t let the same thing happen.

Last week, I researched the news result.
Last week, I researched/looked up/baidu’ed the result about/of this news on baidu.