VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

frequent/frequency: pin fan
ie. Lily frequently steals my charger.
ie. The frequency that Lily steals my charger is high.

thought(NOUN): thoughts xiang fa
ie. Marrying him is a scary thought.

interfere: gan rao
ie. I don’t want to interfere with your finished(adj) project/the project you already finished.

secretly: tou tou de
ie. I secretly like that man who sits across Lily. (this man usually sits across Lily)

Grammar

there’s nothing to it ; 这真的没有什么可说的/可想的

“which…etc.” phrases: don’t interfere with main sentence
– only omit “which, that…” when you have a different subject

prep: extra info

propose: wedding proposal
ie. He’s going to propose. <— he’s asking me to marry him.

expect: pregnant
ie. She’s expecting. <— she’s pregnant

Questions: start with Q words (who what which….) or verbs/verb tenses

all time phrases/words; at very beginning or end

from: prep
ie. I’m tired from working long hours..

verbs are not only actions.
ie. to be… to have… to require…

ing:
1. VERB+ING = verb-noun – 那个动词的概念
ie. It requires a lot thinking(v-n)/thought to learn English.
ie. Learning english(verb-noun) requires a lot of thought/thinking(v-n)
2. TENSE = present continuous (TO BE + ING … NEEDS to be)
ie. I am learning English. They are learning English.

one/ones: to sub. things already said

Speaking exercise

Sometimes when I used the verb, I often add “ing”.  <– yay!

Jesse correct me this wrong. If I want to correct this problem is wrong, I can throw out this tense and use present tense.
Jesse corrected my mistake. If I want to correct this problem, I can throw out this tense and use present tense.

Sometimes I make a mistake and always am thinking about/of tense problems.

I want to correct this mistake and I forget the tense first and think about how to get things/my sentence right.

Surprisingly, Lily is not late today. Firstly, we will look at our sales from last year…

I will see the man that you said very handsome last time at 9pm.
At 9pm, I will see the man (who) you said was very handsome last time.

The book, which(S) is in French, looks interesting.

I think the project (that) you did last time was bad.

Are these (sub. glasses) the glasses that Jenny wore last time?
Are these glasses the ones (sub. glasses) that Jenny wore last time?

This song is the one that he used on his wedding./wedding proposal.
This song is the one that played on his wedding/wedding proposal.

Don’t be sad because it/this is language need a long time to learn.
Don’t be sad because it/this is a grammar point that takes a long time to learn.

This grammar that we learned five lessons is hard.
This grammar that we have been learning for five classes is hard.

The girl (who) everyone loves secretly loves me.

That girl like LYF who want to be a model.
That girl who looks like LYF wants to be a model.

That girl who dating with Kris Wu is
That girl who dated Kris Wu is the person I hate the most in this world.