VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Watch a movie and read one or two movie reviews.

Vocabulary

recite:  bei song
ie. Karl is reciting a poem.

memorize: bei xia lai
ie. I memorized your phone number.

immunization: yi miao
ie. I’m getting immunized for the coronavirus.

immune (adj): mian yi/sth doesn’t work on sb
ie. He’s immune to the coronavirus
ie. I’m immune to his begging./to the baby’s crying.

preview: for movies/books
ie. This is a preview of the new movie/book.

pre-reading/preparation:  you xi
ie. I did a lot of pre-reading before the class.

contemporary: current/modern
ie. I think contemporary music is better than classical music.

rebellious: panni de  rebel (person)
ie. Everyone is rebellious at eighteen.
ie. Everyone is a rebel at eighteen.

disown: (v)when your dad/mom doesn’t want you anymore
ie. My parents never tried to disown me because I am a nice guy.

upright: zhi li (upright vs grand piano)
ie. Stand upright.

sarcastic: fengci (adj)
ie. I don’t like people who are sarcastic.
ie. I don’t like people who use a lot of sarcasm.(n)

Grammar

some: only for answering ” how much”

will=going to: specific future tense, for sth that will happen in the future
ie. I will go home tonight

would: habits, “hui”, also the past tense of “will”
ie. She would cry when I talk to her too loudly.

Q: Your biggest interest?
A: I think my biggest interest is piano. I have learned it for 13 years old. When I was young, I didn’t want to play the piano, but my mom push me to do it and she usually hit my hand. I used to think the time when I play the piano is very boring and make me feel sad. But now I want to, thanks to my mom. Because piano is like the best way for me to relax myself. When I am very sad or feel nervous, I will usually play the piano to spend my time. Although it’s been a long time before I last played, I will not forget play the piano forever.

A: I think my biggest interest is piano. I have learned it for 13 years/ I started learning the piano when I was five years old. When I was young, I didn’t want to play the piano, but my mom pushed me to do it and she usually hit my hand when I made mistakes. I used to think my time on the piano was very boring and always made me feel sad. But now I want to play, thanks to my mom. Because piano is like the best way for me to relax myself. When I am very sad or feel nervous, I would usually play the piano to make me feel comfortable/comfort myself/find comfort (n). Although it’s been a long time from when/since I last played, I will/would never forget/ how to play the piano.

I have already know what’s the dorm life.
I have already known what the dorm life is like.
I already know what dorm life is like from living in a dorm in highschool.

Pronunciation

sad = s”aa”d

said = sed

usually – u-zhul-lee  no “err” sound because there’s no R