VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

distraction: 分散注意力的事; 使人分心的事

conspiracy theory: yin mou lun

(reverse) chronological order: in time order

comedy: xi ju

satire: 讽刺; 讥讽; 讽刺作品

air: (v) bo fang, or to spread something

breed: species/type of dogs

potty(washroom) train: teach baby/dog to pee in right place
ie. My dog is potty trained.

coward: 胆小鬼; 懦夫; 胆怯者 (scardy cat)

leash: lian zi

unleash: (v) 发泄; 突然释放; 使爆发; release suddenly

sniff: smell

therapeutic: (adj) 有助于放松精神的
ie. I go to therapy every day./I go see a therapist ..

surgery/treatment: real zhi liao

guilty: 感到内疚的; 感到惭愧的; 犯了罪; 有过失的

salute: jing li
ie. Matthew salutes his dead fish and then flushes them down the toilet.

funeral: zang li

statue: diao xiang

specimen: biao ben

Grammar

“flush them down the toilet”

“busy bee”

“can’t help but”…

“haven’t” -> don’t have

“play favorites” -> treat one better than others

Speaking exercise

I reviewed the notes on Aug 2nd. (did V on 0802)
I reviewed the notes of (de) Aug 2nd.

I walk my dog during 10 – 11.
I walk my dog (during the time period) from 10 – 11.

I deal with urgent and messy things and quotation with our vendor.
I deal with urgent and messy matters, which is related to quotations from our vendor.
I deal with quotation deals/problems from our vendor, which is always urgent and messy matter/business.

the left part / I left out (left it on purpose)
the part that’s left (passive)

We both don’t want to… (both = pos. sentences)
Neither of us want to (neither = neg. , already means “no”)

fruitful efforts
The work was fruitful due to our efforts.

a hateness between different races
a hatred (n) among different races

He went to prison because he embezzled.
.. for embezzlement (n).

I want to dress up today for the annual party.

NDA: non-disclosure(n)-agreement

Pronunciation

vendor= ven+der (not wanda)