VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Write about the perfect man for you.

Vocabulary

skate: 滑冰.or skating shoes(noun)
ie. I like indoor skating./I like to skate indoors.
ie. I lost my skates so I can’t go.

baby steps: yidian dian lai
ie. I have been learning/’m learning English one day at a time, using baby steps.

grand: 广阔的 bigger in concept
ie. I want to hear about your daily life, not grand values.
ie. That is such a grand gesture, thank you.

patriarchy: nan quan zhu yi
ie. China is patriarchal society.

democracy: min zhu
ie. American people believe in democracy.
ie. The Democratic Party is holding an election.

consumerism: Xiao fei zhu yi
ie. Consumerism is very important to western countries.

pandemic: 大的liuxing病
ie. COVID-19 is a global pandemic.

election：选举
ie. Donald Trump was elected president.
ie. The U.S. is holding a national election.

Grammar

near/close vs nearby/ close by
ie. I got the coffee from a place nearby.
ie. I got the coffee from a place near my home.

indoor/downstair vs indoors/downstairs
ie. I like indoor skating./ She lives in the downstair apt.
ie. I like skating indoors./ She lives downstairs.

I’m so nervous that my mouth is shaking.

usually: tong chang, more than 50% – 70%, majority of the time
ie. I usually wake up at 9 o’clock. (more than 4, 5 days a week)

often: happens a lot
ie. I often wake up at 9. (maybe 2 days a week)

Q: What is your life aspiration?
A: About my life aspiration, in recent, I have read a book about the human kind. So I just think about why we need to live and why we need to get married or get a great job, make a good money, and buy a expensive house. And for what? For me, I don’t want to get married and I like maybe doing some small business and have some pets, maybe write a book for myself.

About my life aspiration… Recently, I read a book about the human kind. So I think about/consider/thought about/have been thinking about why we need to live and why we need to get married or get a great job, make good money, and buy an expensive house. And for what?/I can’t think of a clear reason. For me/In my opinion, I don’t want to get married and I want to be doing a small business when I get old/I want to start a small business and raise/buy some pets, also maybe write a book for myself. In my book, I want to discuss/talk about the patriarch society/ patriarchy in China.

If we have a deep relationship between us, then I will thinking about live together./we can live together.
If we have a deep emotional connection/strong relationship, then I will think about living together./ whether we can live together.

Pronunciation

read past tense is “red”

milk, not miu k or meelk

leave live

eat it

bead bid bed bad bide

being bean bin ben ban

teen tin ten tan