Demo Class Notes (Bion – Ally)

Vocabulary

overseas: (adj)international
ie. I booked some overseas brands.

brands: pin pai
ie. There are a lot of designer brands on sale ( da zhe).

official: guan fang de (adj)
ie. Today is my official first day to study Eng/of studying English.

nervous: jin zhang
ie. Even though my Eng is poor, I’m not nervous at all.

intimidated: (adj)que chang
ie. Even though my co-workers/colleagues are from Harvard, I’m not intimidated(adj) at all.
ie. My co-workers/colleagues don’t intimidate(v) me at all.

conceited: zi da (adj)
ie. It’s not good to be conceited.
ie. Conceited people are not good.
ie. Being conceited(adj) is not good.

translate: fan yi (v)
ie. She translated an English book.
ie. Translating (from) Eng to Chinese is very difficult./It’s very difficult to translate from Eng to Chi..

Grammar

tense: shitai
– Bion likes models. <— fact, something about you
– Bion usually bikes to work.  <— fact
– Bion biked to work yesterday.<— event

some = not “yi xie”
– I buy some bread from the store. I see some children.

generalized: “s”
– I can’t remember English words.

My dream is going to France./My dream is to go to France.
To go to France/Going to France (subject noun) is my dream.

I not going…
I want to go France but I’m not going.
I wanted to go France but I didn’t go.

I stayed in SH 4 years.
I came to SH 4 years ago.
I have been staying in SH for 4 years.

They’re nice and friendly.

I don’t remember some English words.
I forget/can’t remember English words.

Pronunciation

Jil Sander

Charlie Luciano

booking

wood = would (no r). foot

word world (wor+old) not wo+rold

nervous -> ner+ves