VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Do some writing without using Chinese first!

Vocabulary

confrontation: not argument, to sort out problem (v) confront, probably going to argue, based on difference in opinions
ie. I have to confront Lily about whether she took my cookies.

expansion: (n) expand, kuo da  (v)expand
ie. The expansion of our company is great news to all of us.
ie. It is great news to all of us that our company expanded./The fact that our company is expanding …

barrier: 屏障;
ie. Because of the language barrier between us, we can’t communicate effectively.

evaluation: ping gu  (v)evaluate
ie. Please evaluate this startup/company for us.
ie. Please do an evaluation of this startup./give us your evaluation…

finalize: make something the final decision
ie. We should finalize our proposal before tomorrow.

at ease: comfortable
ie. Mavis is at ease when she speaks Chinese, but not so when she speaks English.

agitated (adj): ji dong (neg way), uneasy
ie. The old man will feel/be agitated if the dog keeps barking.
ie. The dog agitates the old man.

calm your nerves: bie jin zhang

Grammar

what/whether/
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
I don’t know whether/if you’re right.
I don’t know who that man is.(<– noun phrase)  (Who is that man? -> complete question sentence)
I don’t know why he left.

because+ sentence
because of +noun

travelling:
travel (v): to go there…
ie. It takes 10 hours to travel to Japan..
vacation: concept
ie. We’re on vacation in Japan.
ie. We’re on holiday.. in …
trip: process
ie. Our trip to Japan was great.

I wrote technical docs of products everyday until the early morning.
I have been writing technical product docs everyday until the early morning.

I had thoughts about marrying before…
I have had thoughts …. <— stress I don’t now

Most time I feel happy. The people were outgoing.

Mostly, I felt happy.
Most of the time, I felt happy.
Almost all of the time, I felt happy.

I’m not good for planning .. this work…
I’m not good at planning…

I think  .. <– xiang
I thought.. <– yi wei , because you no longer think so

I went to Los Angeles with my ex for a travel a few years ago. Because of not scheduling the trip in the last three days, we had not book a hotel. Than we made sure of our trip on that day ,we book a motel without thinking more.
We arrived the motel at 9 that evening and found that the check in place is the iron windows. After checking in, we went to the convenience store nearby to buy water and we also found many iron windows. It made us feel strange and uneasy (look up). So we checked the street on line after going back to the motel and than we surprised to find that the street called “death lane”.it has at least 17 shootings a year.
I was scared and I heard the sound of police cars and helicopters（look up） from time to time. I kept nerves all night.

Edited:

I went to Los Angeles with my ex on honeymoon/on vacation a few years ago. Because of our rash decision/Because we did not schedule the trip beforehand, we didn’t book a hotel. Then we finalized/finish scheduling our trip on that day ,we booked a motel without thinking more./without more thoughts./without thinking/without further consideration.
We arrived at the motel at 9 that evening and found that the check-in place was behind the iron windows. After checking in, we went to the convenience store nearby to buy water and we also found many iron windows there. It made us feel strange and uneasy (look up). So we checked the street name/checked out the street online after going back to the motel and then we were surprised to find that the street is called “death lane”.it had at least 17 shootings a year./At least 17 shootings happen at this street/there per/every year.
I was even more scared/horrified/almost wet my pants when I heard the sound of police cars and helicopters（look up） from time to time. I kept being nervous/getting nervous/feeling nervous/feeling my nerves all night.

Pronunciation

found – own

store

work

nerves

helicopter