VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Do some writing on anything that interests you.

Vocabulary

uneventful: not boring but nothing happened
ie. This is an uneventful week at work.

deadbeat:  fw (n and adj)
ie. You should leave him because he’s a deadbeat.

upbeat: (adj) huo po de, active
ie. I was upbeat a long time ago, but now I prefer to keep a low profile.

high-profile: tao diao, lots of publicity
ie. If you keep up the good work/keep working hard, I’ll give you some high-profile clients at the end of the year.

regional: adj qu yu
ie. There are some regional differences to/in how we speak English./English speaking.
ie. Because we live in different regions, we speak English/talk differently(adv)./have different English accents.

realty: fang chan (person) realtor
ie. I’m going to talk to my realtor and get an estimate on my house.
ie. It’s a priceless piece of realty.

invaluable: priceless, cannot value it
ie. Our friendship is invaluable.

estimate: (v) gu ji  (n)
ie. I underestimated you! (di gu) I overestimated …
ie. I might get there in 30 minutes. – Oh, that would be my estimate too./that’s also my estimate too.

approximate: (v and adj) about  (adv) approximately
ie. I might be at school in approximately 30 minutes. / I might arrive at school ….

reality check: check to remind someone of the real situation
ie. Lily needs a reality check sometimes and I give it to her.
ie. It is good for Annie to get a reality check.(n)

ask for (v): yao qiu de , xiang yao de
ie. He finally got what he asked for./wanted…

Grammar

speak/say/talk/use
– Speak; action of speaking, for volume or language…
ie. Can you speak up a little bit?
– Say: meaning… + opinion/idea
ie. What are you saying? = what do you mean?
– talk: between people, communicate
ie. We had a nice talk. It was nice talking to you.  -> Liao
– use: for grammar
ie. I cannot use long sentences yet./the right grammar.

Because of + noun
ie. Because of the fact that …
Because + idea/sentence/opinion…
ie. Because SVO ..

When there’s no obvious S, use “there” = you, “it” = everything else, esp. for adj

zai = on , when we talk about topics
ie. discussion on grammar/american politics/history/lily’s love life…

“Our relationship is dependent on your money”
“Our relationship depends(v) on how much money you have (noun phrase).”

tired of: you don’t like ….  fact about you
ie. I’m tired of looking at Annie’s face.

tired from: +reason you’re tired
ie. I’m tired from work

need/want/…. to +VERB

“what the heck/hell/f…” = shen me guy

I did my homework very carefully./with lots of hard work./I looked over it a lot.

I like how you dress.

I love you today.

should woman be financially independent after marriage/ after having a baby?

Should woman need to financially independent after having a baby? I think the specific situation is dependent on the relationship of the couple. If the man willing to provides everything that the woman needs and wants, that’s ok. One willing to fight and one willing to suffer.
In my opinion is whenever woman should has their own job to support herself daily life. It is very attractive when people are working hard.

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should woman be financially independent after marriage/ after having a baby?

Should women (general)/a woman (a type) need to be financially independent after having a baby? I think the specific situation is dependent on/depends on the relationship of the couple. If the man is willing to provide everything that the woman needs and wants, that’s ok, as long as they’re both getting what they asked for.
My opinion is that…..IMO, women should have a job(at all times) to support herself/her daily life at all times. To me, it is very attractive when people are working hard./I think the men who work hard are very sexy./I find(IMO) hard-working men very sexy.

Pronunciation

specific = stress on”ci” = spe+si+fic