VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S/W]

Tell me about someone you admire/look up to.

Vocabulary

fair: bai pi fu
ie. Lily has very fair skin. / Lily is a fair-skinned (adj) girl.

politically(adv) correct(adj): Zheng zhi zheng que
ie. When you work in America, you must be politically correct.

overwork: (v)chao fu he
ie. I overworked myself last year.

understate: qing miao dan xie (v), (n) understatement
ie. Trump understated the influence/effect of the virus.
ie. Trump’s speech on the effect of the virus was an understatement (n).

accent: kou yin (n)
ie. I like the American accent more than the British accent.
ie. I prefer(=like more than) the American to the British accent.

general: guang fan
ie. It’s difficult for the general student population to learn English.

obstacle: zhang ai
ie. My biggest obstacle of/in learning English is memorizing vocabulary.

structure: 结构; 构造;
ie.  I need to learn more complex sentence structures, not just the simple ones.

outdated: guo shi
ie. The method of teaching English in China is outdated.
ie. The method with which Chinese teachers teach English is outdated.

Grammar

believe/ believe in
believe + idea
believe in +noun
ie. I don’t believe what she says.
ie. I don’t believe in her words.
ie. I believe in you. -> I have confidence in you/ I support you.

SVO
I like playing basketball.
I like to play basketball.
ie. Learning English is hard.
ie. I don’t what you are talking(tense) about.

To me, it’s hard to …..

It’s hard for me to do sth

for: wei le,
ie. A book for children

2/5: two out of five, two-fifth
120/150- 120 out of 150

I think it doesn’t sound nice when I am speaking English.

When I write things/it down, I will find the mistakes.

This week I had a business trip.
This week I went to NJ on a business trip. / for business.

I came here last time. and I saw a guy. And we talked for 10 minutes. but we can’t understand each other.
When I came here last time, I saw a guy. We talked for 10 minutes before we realized that we can’t understand each other. 

English test in China is always talked about by Chinese, because we usually don’t know how to use English in our daily life even though we learned English. We call it examination-oriented education（look up）and it can’t prove our English leverl . Actually my english was not very poor when I was a senior high school student. If the full score of a test is 150, I could get at least 120. The English teachers’ method of education is that they taught us not to read the articles when we are doing reading tests in the exam. They let us choose the answer without reading and they taught us some answering skills.
In order to take the national postgraduate entrance examination （look up）I have to memorize words every. It’s hard to me because I always forget words right now and sometimes I still don’t know the meaning of the word in a sentence even though I remember the word.
The funny thing is that sometimes I know the Chinese meaning of the word but I can’t translate it in English. It is a sad thing.

English tests in China are always talked about/a topic of discussion by Chinese, because we usually don’t know how to use English in our daily lives even though we studied English our whole lives. We call it examination-oriented education, but the test scores can’t prove our English ability/skill. Actually my english was not very poor when I was a senior high school student. If the full score of a test is 150/Out of 150 points, I could get at least 120 on a test. The method of education by our English teachers is that they taught us to only read the questions, not the entire article when doing reading sections in the exam.  They let us choose the answer without reading by using answering skills that they taught us.
In order to pass the national postgraduate entrance examination, I have to memorize words everyday. It’s hard for me because I always forget words in a short time/right away and sometimes I still don’t understand the meaning of the word in a sentence even though I can remember it. 
The funny thing is that sometimes I know the Chinese meaning of the word but I can’t translate it into/say it in English. It is a sad thing.

Pronunciation

he’s his hess has

ban ben bin bean being (be+ying)

word world