VIP Class Notes (Ally)[W/R]

Vocabulary

designer brands: she chi pin
ie. You must buy less designer brands if you want to spend less money/save money.

ancestors: zu zong
ie. Our ancestors are faraway from us.
ie. I’m going do to the DNA test to find out who my ancestors are.

exceed (verb): chao guo
ie. According to the customs regulations, your luggage should not exceed 23 kg.

excess:超过; 过度; 过分
ie. There is a lot of excess products left after the big sale.

interchange: jiaohuan
ie. You can interchange these two words – they mean the same thing.

Exchange: jiao huan
ie. We will exchange gifts on Labor Day.

distinguish: fen bian
ie. She is distinguished for her work in this area.
ie. Her distinguishing work is related to astronomy.

detected: 发掘到
ie. I detected that he likes me though he hid it well.

detective：侦探
ie. Sherlock Holmes is a very famous detective.
ie. Ever since her husband had the affair, she developed detected abilities.

cosmic: coming from the stars
ie. I feel the big rain is a cosmic sign that I shouldn’t go outside today.

supernatural: chao zi ran de
ie. I think the girl died from supernatural causes.

principal : zhu yao de
ie. My principal work now is to find a new job.

protocol: 规程
ie. If the virus continues to spread, the protocol is quarantine.
ie. You should learn the fire protocols.

fascinate:深深吸引
ie. I have a fascination of comic books.
ie. Comic books fascinate me./ I am fascinated by comic books.

convince: 说服
ie. They convinced me to stay at home for a few days because it’s too hot outside.

heat stroke: Zhong shu
ie. I’m having a heat stroke in this weather.

Grammar

find = faxian, xunzhao

find vs find out vs look for
ie. Lily is looking for her cellphone. She will not find it, but she will be mad when she finds out that I hid it.

Grammar

This email is in relation to study English with SE.
This email is in relation to my English studies at SE./studying English at SE.

at= specific time or place

with = gen

For decades we’ve been sending signals into space and listening out for out of this world broadcasts. But what’s the plan if signs of intelligent alien life are detected?

Those likely to be at the receiving end of a cosmic signal are the scientists at the Seti Institute in California. And its principal astronomer, Seth Shostak, says that if we do get an unusual deep space message confirmed by other telescopes around the world, “the protocol would be simply to announce it”.

The possibility of extraterrestrial life has always fascinated mankind=humans. Last year, two petitions with more than 17,000 signatures were sent to the US government enquiring if ET had ever been in touch. The White House replied that there was “no evidence that any life exists outside our planet”.

But many in different parts of the world are not convinced. They insist that we are not alone in the Universe and go as far as believing that alien abduction is not the stuff of science fiction. According to a report released by the British government in 1995, two boys told the police that a figure with a lemon-shaped head showed up in a spaceship in Staffordshire and told them to follow it. They said they ran away.

Lucy got laid off a few days ago because the company wasn’t making money anymore. So Lucy has to curb her desire of spending or she must accommodates to live in poverty. But she observed that buying to her is hard to change as though the millennia tradition that children should be filial to their parents.
She has no choice, so she made a rule to herself:buying clothes more than 3 times 2,000 yuan is banned. Hope she won’t break it.

Lucy got laid off a few days ago because the company wasn’t making money anymore/operating at a high cost. So Lucy has to curb her desire of spending or she must accommodate to living/life in poverty/cheaper lifestyle. But she discovered/noticed/found that it’s hard to change her buying habits, just like the ancient tradition that children should be filial to their parents.
She has no choice, so she made a rule to herself: Do not buy clothing/She is banned from buying clothes that exceed 2,000 yuan more than 3 times a month. (I)Hope she won’t break it, but it will be hard to change her extravagant/luxurious lifestyle, as her buying habits have been in place for what seems like a millennia.

Pronunciation

world = wor+old

word = word

unusual

says = not “say-s”, “sez”