VIP Class Notes (Ally) [S/W]

Elaborate the previous homework ; avoid “you” sentences unless you have to use them

general – 3rd person or personal “I”

Vocabulary

aspect: fang mian

tell: (n) something that gives you away, make others know you’re lying/bluffing
ie. You have a tell when you play poker.

bluff(v and n): 虚张声势; 唬人; 吹牛

artificial: ren gong de

humble: 谦逊的; 虚心的;

naughty: 顽皮的; 淘气的; 不听话的

entirety: entire (n)
ie. The entirety of English grammar is based on SVO …
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shame: (n)
ie. Shame on you!
ie. She felt a sense of shame.

ashamed: feeling of embarrassed
ie. you should be ashamed (of yourself)!
ie. Laura felt ashamed to be the only person wearing jeans at a black-tie event.

shameful: for things ke chi (adj)
ie. It was a shameful thing/that you did/ to do to a young child.

despicable:  bei bi , no one would like/agree
ie. The letter my previous boss sent me was despicable.
ie. That despicable man should be ashamed because he did something shameful.

Grammar

“have” – for actions finished in the past but has an influence on NOW

“Laura, why can you speak Korean?” “I have studied Korean in college.”
“Laura, what did you do in college?” “I studied Korean, math, japanese….”

“I have been studying Korean” <– still studying now

In longer writing/speaking… keep the same S and tense
– if you change S or tense, why?

No one else worse than my last job.
There’s nothing worse than my last job.
Nothing is worse than my last job.

The teachers gave the homework very heavily…
The teachers gave heavy homework./homework that would take forever to finish.

Q: What is something bad that you did when you were younger?
A: Looking back my childhood, I think I didn’t study hard but I wasn’t a bad student. One of the bad things I did was I didn’t do the homework during the national holiday but I told a lie to teacher. I said I left the homework at home to skip the checking, but after that, teacher realized that I was lying. She told my parents about this problem. My mother was very angry and felt shame. She punished me write the homework for 3 times. I wrote it till the night/late of the night. After that, I do my homework on time during the national holiday.

A: Looking back on/at my childhood, I think I didn’t study hard enough but I wasn’t a bad student. Even though I didn’t get the top marks/I wasn’t at the top of my class, I always did what’s required of me./always followed the teacher’s instructions. However, one National Holiday in my 3rd or 4th grade, I didn’t do the homework but I told a lie to the/my teacher. I said I left the homework at home to skip the check, but after that, the teacher told me to bring my homework tomorrow. That’s when my face got all red/I blushed. So the teacher realized that I was lying. She told/notified my parents of this problem. When I got home/and of course, my mother was very angry and felt ashamed of me. She punished me to write the homework 3 times. That day, I kept writing till late night/I didn’t finish until midnight/late into night. After that, I always remembered to finish all my homework on time during the national holiday.

Forced: She expresses a forced action , when she tells a lie to other.
micromanage:(v): there is a stereotype on Virgo, they micromanage everything.
panel: let’s have a panel discussion about PUA.
rephrase: you would rephrase your logic, once the previous one can not work out.

case:
hypothetical: the hypothetical situation of job interview can help you to practice your defense ability.

sophisticated: Technology becomes more sophisticated than before.

dignify: You don’t need to always dignify other’s comments

Choosing a life partner is the most important thing in your life/in life/ a life-defining moment/decision. Once you make a decision to choose a life partner , you will have to love him till he old.
In my opinion , I want to have a good-looking partner that I can see him everyday without boredom. Also sharing values is very important to relationship and respect each other. For example, one day i said I want to watch a concert, he told me that: what a useless event , it always wasting Time… then you are almost speechless. An ideal life partner should said : I will book the ticket or have a good time with friend. it is also important to develop each other’s life quality.

Edited:

Forced: She expresses a forced action when she tells a lie to others/another.
micromanage:(v): The stereotype of Virgos/Virgo stereotype is that they micromanage everything.
panel: let’s have a panel discussion about PUA.
rephrase: you should rephrase your logic since the previous one did not work out. / when… cannot/do not

case: Could you give a me an example of a previous case?
hypothetical: The hypothetical job interview can help you practice your answers.

sophisticated: Technology has become/became more sophisticated than before.

dignify: You don’t need to always dignify other’s comments

Choosing a life partner is one of the most important thing in your life. Once you make a decision to choose a life partner , you would have to love him till you’re old.
In my opinion , I want to have a good-looking partner that I can see him everyday without being bored. Also, sharing values and respecting each other is very important to relationships. For example, one day I said I want to watch a concert, he told me that: what a useless event , it is always wasting Time/it is a waste of time… then I was almost speechless. An ideal life partner should have said : I will book the ticket for you or have a good time with your friend. It is also important to improve/initiate a positive effect on each other’s standard of living.

Pronunciation

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