VIP Class Notes (Ally)

July 16, 2020AllyMavis Z

Homework

20 phrases: both noun and adj
ie. What you did last night(n) was disappointing.
ie. The cat that I bought last week(adj) is missing.

Vocabulary

punctual: on time <> late

regroup: 重整旗鼓; 重新部署, ( failed, try again )
ie. Let’s regroup and learn from our mistakes and try again tomorrow.

bucket list: things to do before you die

“kick the bucket”: die

worthy: 应得

child-like: like a child

brilliant: very smart

autobiography: zi zhuan

correlation: guan lian
ie. There’s no correlation between how well you do in school and how rich you will become.

potential: (n)qian li (adj) 潜在的; 可能的;
ie. Guys with potential are scarce in this society.
ie. I will meet with potential donors.

Grammar

have: for actions that matters “now”
ie. I have studied Japanese for 2 years. ( My Jap is just so-so…)
ie. I studied Jap for 2 years./I learned Jap two years ago. (One time action in the past)

What did you see in him?

Speaking exercise

I forgot the things/what I learned in senior school.

Q: Something on your bucket list
A: I want to write a book about myself. I will tell the others about my usual life and complain to my mother. I want to leave something for my family or friends, and let them know me really. I want them know about my true thinking, because I think they usually doesn’t understand me. For example, I usually think my mother is close to me and she want to control me. Though I love her, but I always don’t want to be a child, and I want to prove I can do everything. In the book, the first chapter would be my experience from my college, because I met my lover in the college. We fall in love about 10 years and we got married for 4 years. He is the first one taught me how to love other people. He is smart and smiles gently/sweetly.

A: I want to write a book about myself/an autobiography. In this book, I want to/would tell the others about my usual/daily/everyday life and complain about my mother. I want to leave something behind for my family or friends to remember me by, and let them know me truly. I want them to know about my true thoughts, because I think they usually don’t understand/misunderstand me. For example, I think my mother is too close to me and she wants to control me. Though I love her, I don’t want to always be a child, and I want to prove that I can do everything on my own/solve my own problems. In the book, the first chapter would be my college experience, because I met my lover in college. We have been in love for 10 years and we were married for 4 years. He is the first one who taught me how to love someone other than myself. He is brilliant, and he has a gentle/sweet smile and a child-like face.

Writing exercise

rearrange
We were required to rearrange the project.

material
We have been collecting right fabric for clothes.

materialistic
I find that Dasiy has became materialistic.

obvious
You can find obviously that I’m thin,when i lose more than 5g of weight.

distinguishable
It’s hard to distinguish him and his twin brother.

dress
I am getting ready for my birthday party and thinking about how to dress.

fit
I’m so different from them, that i can’t fit in the team.
This skirt isn’t a good fit for me, and i think it is fit small girls.

increase
The boss won’t increase your wages if you keep being lazy.

raise 人使XXX上升或提高
In order to make sure the project will be completed as planned, you should raise the management level.

Rise 事物自己上升或提高
The sun rises later in Xinjiang than in Beijing.

think
The musical play was as wonderful as I thought.

think about
You should think about it before you get married.

think of
I thought of a good idea that how to promote our activities, when I chatted with Dasiy last night.

Edited:

rearrange
We were required to rearrange the plans for the project.

material
We have been collecting the right fabric material for our new collection./to make clothes.

materialistic
I find that Daisy has become materialistic.

obvious
You can obviously tell that I have become thinner,when I lose more than 5g.

distinguishable
It’s hard to distinguish him from his twin brother.

dress
I am getting ready for my birthday party and thinking about how to dress.

fit
I’m so different from them that I can’t fit in.
This skirt isn’t a good fit for me, and I think it is a good fit(n) for small girls./it fits(v) small girls.

increase
The boss won’t increase your wages if you keep being lazy./if you keep up the laziness.

raise 人使XXX上升或提高
In order to make sure that the project will be completed as planned/ensure the punctual completion of the project, you should raise the management quality.