VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

systematic: in a system , more structured way

fiction: not true (n. adj)

non-fiction: true (mostly books) (n. adj)

spectacular: 炫目的 绚丽的

particular: 特别的 standout

presence: cun zai

literal: zi mian yi yi

omit: sheng lue

spit: tuo ye (v and n)

patriarchy/patriarchal: male-dominated society

narrative: voice/pov

gold-digger: a woman who marries/gets in a romantic relationship for the man’s money

coocoo/cuckoo: crazy, go nuts
ie. Diana went coocoo/cuckoo towards the end of her life.

good cop bad cop: …

Grammar

get to do sth ; ta ke yi … have permission to do sth
ie. Meghan gets to use her husband’s royal last name?

Everything that’s a fact – present simple tense

Q: Tell me about a famous person that you like.

A: Actually when you first ask me this question, I don’t think I have a specticular person in mind. When I was a teenager, I was a fan of some superstars. But after I grow up, I don’t think I have such kind of famous person in my mind. I have followed a internet influencer from wechat, and her account name is SLPBG. She is a freelancer who is just writing the bloggers at home. She is a mother around 40 years old, and is very close to my age. She loves to write blogs about fashion, celebrities and delicious food. I have followed this account for more than 5 years and I found her articles are very interesting because she wrote it from a very special angle, a female angle to interpret the stories. For example, there are a lot of stories about Prince Harry and his wife. And in China, I think they don’t have very good reputation, because they think Harry’s wife is very … his wife used to be an actress, some people think she just married to Harry because he is wealthy and his social status. Some people speak bad things about her.. but now Meghan is using her husband’s last name, a lot of articles speak bad things about meghan. The influencer I love, she’s writing the article from Meghan’s angle. I just can’t remember the details about that article, but I think she just wrote some truth about Harry, because she thinks after his mother died, Harry suffered a lot of pain from his mother’s death. He wants freedom and he wants some things he likes to do besides the royal itineraries so she thinks Harry is the one who wants to break relationship from the royal family. Meghan, his wife, is just the one to support his decision to move out from the royal family to Canada.

A: Actually when you first asked me this question, I don’t think I have a particular person in mind. When I was a teenager, I was a fan of a couple of/a few superstars. But after I grew up/as I grew up/as I got older, I don’t think I have /such kind of famous person in my mind./my original passion for such kind of celebrities./to follow such kind of idols. But I have followed/have been following a internet influencer/online blogger/internet sensation/internet celebrities from wechat, and her account/ID is SLPBG. She is a freelancer who just writes blogs at home. She is a mother around 40 years old, and is very close to my age. She loves to write blogs about fashion, celebrities and delicious food. I have followed this account for more than 5 years and I found that her articles are very interesting/I found her blogs (to be) very interesting… because she writes them from a very special angle/perspective/point of view, a female angle to interpret the stories, which is different from the male-dominated/patriarchal voice/narrative of society. For example, there are a lot of stories out there about Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. And in China, I don’t think they have a very good reputation, because Chinese people/netizens think that Harry’s wife is very … his wife used to be an actress, some people think she just married Harry because he is wealthy and he has a high social status./of his wealth and social status. /she married Harry with an agenda./some even call her a gold-digger. Some people say bad things about her.. but now Meghan is using her husband’s last name, a lot of articles say bad things about Meghan. However, the influencer I love, she wrote her article from Meghan’s angle. I can’t really remember the details about that article, but I think she just wrote some facts/told some truth about Harry, because she thinks after his mother died, Harry suffered a lot of pain from her death. He wants freedom and he wants to do things that interests him besides/apart from the royal itinerary. So she thinks Harry is the one who wants to end/break off his relationship with/escape from his role/duties in the royal family. Meghan, his wife, just supported his decision to move out from the royal family and immigrate to Canada.