VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Didn’t get time to finish discussing vocabulary today, so review vocabulary.

Vocabulary

make up:(v) he hao, mi bu

circulate: liu tong (n)circulation

roll sb’s eyes: fan bai yan

purposefully: chong man le mu di

systematic: xi tong hua de

competent: chen zhi, can do job

creepy: xia ren/shen ren
ie. J gives me the creeps. -> he is creepy.

turned out to be: at the end, after change…
ie. The creepy guy on the phone turned out to be my boss. -> I found out who he his

migration

tropical

fundamental

vary/various/variety: (v) (adj) (n)

Grammar

wear: use for everything that’s not you
ie. wear make up, clothes, glasses, hairstyle..

I can pick my students/ I get my pick of students. “You get your pick. You get first pick.”

“making something out of nothing” – expression: wu zhong sheng you

“get to the bottom of…” – zhui gen wen di

“time is up”

“on my (working or competition) game” – zai zhuang tai

I attended 2 classes of Li..
I attended 2 of Li’s classes… (Li has lots of classes, I took 1 of them)
I attended 2 classes with Li … (1. Li is teacher 2. Li is my classmate)
I attended Li’s class twice.

I’m not making something out of nothing; I attended two classes, not one.

I think he’s not on purpose, because I always ask question very deeply..
I think he’s not doing that/it on purpose (adv), because I always want to get to the bottom of everything.

Time turn to off class, he said …
When the class is over/time is up, he will immediately say …

get the information that he’s not happy to stay with me…
get the implication/knowledge/feeling that he’s not happy to stay with me…

If she can (do it), she would’ve (done it). 

I want to ask you a question.. The last two class, we said I can learn IELTS. Do you think I should prepare some books so I can have the systematic upgrading.
I want to ask you a question/consult with you on my English education/about future classes/about what I should do.. The class before last (class), we said that I can prepare for the IELTS test/learn IELTS material. Do you think I should buy/get some books so I can improve systematically.

“If you had a good team, it could’ve been very easy.”

the team is not very well.. so the job turn to be very hard..
the team is not very good/competent.. so the job turned out to be/became very hard..

There are more responsibilities involved in getting a dog.

Q: The country which you would most like to visit

A: The country I would most like to visit/The country I want to visit the most is North Africa. I have two basic/fundamental reasons. The first one is as you know/as I said/stated before, I love animals. Africa has various kinds of animals./variety of animal species. I can also experience the animal migration there. The second reason I want to visit is that, although there are many big cities there, there is also a lot of nature to be explored. In this way, I can get two different feelings in one place. And it’s beside the ocean. Although it’s in the/a tropical area so the weather would be very hot/temperature would be very high. So if I have more than ten days off-work, I will definitely go.

A: My most like to visit country is North Africa. I have two basic reasons. The first one is you know, I like animals. Africa has various kinds of different animals. I can experience animal migration. The second reason is that, although it has a country part, it also has a natural part. I can give two different feelings in one country. And it’s behind the sea. Although it’s in the hot area, the weather would be very high. So if I have more than ten days of, I will go.

Pronunciation

feeling = Fee + ling