VIP Class Notes (Ally) [S/W]

Next Class Focus

10 more phrases (noun and adj)

Vocabulary

deduct: kou (fen)
ie. Do you know the woman who was deducted 12 points?

obvious: (adj) ming xian
ie. I can’t ignore something this (zhe me de) obvious./that is this obvious.

vague: bu qing xi <> clear
ie. The writing which is vague was from Krissa/Krissa’s work.

parking lot: ting che chang
ie. I can’t find the parking lot which is next to SE.

twisted:  (verb and adj) niu
ie. You have a twisted world view./view of the world. /values.

Grammar

to be: all adjs and =’s

adj phrase: no grammar function
ie. The car (that) you bought yesterday is red.
ie. The car which was stolen is red.

When you don’t have a verb: don’t use “have” (this word has a meaning “you”) use “to be” ( this word is  = )

Park:
I can’t find parking(concept = I can’t park there)/a place to park/a space in the parking lot.(an empty space in lot)

-ing: look at it as a connection, not verb
ie. There are new rules, saying that foreigners are banned from China. (ing + that  + idea …)
ie. There is a girl wearing a black dress.

Speaking exercise

Now in China, some cities, they have new rules for points deduction. When you find others’ car park in illegal place, you can take photo about them and send a photo with traffic policemen.

Now in China, some cities, there are new rules for points deduction. When you find other cars parked in illegal places/illegally/when you see/find illegal parking, you can take photo of them and send it to traffic policemen.

Writing exercise

warped 弯曲的 (adj)
Do you remember the lipstick which you twisted.
Your world view is warped.
vision 视力;视觉;美景
The house which has nice view/vision is in shanghai.
You have a house which has/with a nice view in SH.
criticism 批评
The student who you criticized yesterday hurt another student/someone.
philosophy 哲学
This is the book which is about philosophy./This is the book you found about philosophy.
organize 组织
organization 机构;团体
The public benefit organization which is organized by students is on the new campus./is successful.
through 穿过;通过 (prep)
The boy who got through the test easily will enter/go to a new school.
throw 扔
What he just threw away is/was very dangerous.
stick to 粘住;忠于
He couldn’t stand up. Something was stuck to him.
He couldn’t stand up because he was stuck to the chair.
He stuck to what his parents told/taught him.