VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

IELTS

Vocabulary

tedious:boring, long, repetitive

compensated: bu chang  (n) compensation
ie. You should be well-compensated for your hard work.
Ie. I should get a compensation for my hard work.

relative: (adj) xiang guan de (person)
ie. Relatively speaking (compared to others), he is not very poor.
ie. Is she your relative?
ie. This project has relative importance because its results will influence upcoming projects.

related to: you guan xi
ie. Are you related to Cindy? (biological relation)
ie. This topic is related to our last topic.

sacrifice: gong xian (n and v)

devote: 献(身); 奉献，投入(时间、精力等) (n) devotion

exploit: 剥削; 压榨 (n) exploitation

association: lian xi (v) associate

ploy: tao lu

favor: (v) pian xin

empathize: tong li (n) empathy

sympathy: tong qing xin (v) sympathize

respond(v)/response(n): hui ying

roll my eyes: fan bai yan

remove: yi chu/delete (v) removal

faith: (n) xin nian (adj) faithful

Grammar

about vs related to
ie. This document is related to the other document (all about pandas, on pandas) about pandas.

put sb in sb else’s shoes

My boss sent me a we chat before I got here.

Nobody appreciates how much work I do for this company.

I don’t want to be associated with the girl. /I don’t want any association with the girl.

I am acting like she has not been in my world.

She needs her own room./a private room.

Relationship is we need to keep contact.
In a relationship, to build a long-term relationship, …
Relationship needs keeping in contact.

I heard/found out something.

The girl who is the worst cannot put herself in other people’s shoes./doesn’t care about others./can’t emphasize with others.

I wrote something to my boss on Wechat, and I already discussed it with her. Then I sent something in the group chat, so my boss responded.

It’s so hard to work with the girl.

I want to work and study at the same time.
I want to study while I work.

1. I like watching TV series and dramas.
2. My friend ditch’s our date.
3. Watch comedy make?makes? me happy.
Zhou xin chi is comedy king (the comedy king).
4. Pessimistic people doesn’t (don’t) like smile.
5. Optimistic people have a good mood.
6. My concern is money.
7. My study methods are stray from Ally told me.
8. Divorce is my thought-through decision.

Edited:

1. I like watching TV series and dramas.
2. My friend ditched me. My friend didn’t show up for/missed/skipped our date.
3. Watching comedy makes me happy.
Zhou xin chi is the comedy king.
4. Pessimistic people don’t like smiling/to smile.
5. Optimistic people have/are always in a good mood.
6. My concern is money./I am concerned about money/Money concerns me./Money is my top concern.
7. My study methods are straying from what Ally told me. Ally told me (that) we should study in this way.
8. Divorce is my thought-through decision./Divorce is my decision that I thought through carefully(v).