VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

study/den: room for working

afford: mai de qi

conclusion: jie lun

Grammar

SVO
S and O are nouns (person, place, thing)
– I like what/the things you like.
– What I like is what you like.

postpone/delay: “postpone” for scheduling
ie. Can you postpone/delay my meeting?
ie. I was delayed by the weather… <– cannot control

fact: always true, NO tense
tense: for all events/ NO facts
ie. I read everyday/often/usually.
ie. I would read everyday.
ie. I work on Fridays. <— I usually work on Fridays.

at the hospital – I’m there.
in the hospital – I’m sick.

not in town/out of town = he’s away
ie. I have to meet him today because I’m only in town for one day.
ie. He’s away on a business trip./He’s not in town.
ie. He’s from out-of-town.

I don’t eat spicy food.
I can’t eat spicy food.
I don’t like to eat spicy food./I don’t like eating spicy food.
Eating spicy food is hard for me.

I want to explain it.

I need to work at office before so I canceled the class for a month.
I needed to work at the office/in the office, so I postponed all my classes/cancelled all my classes/this month for a month.

For these months, I worked SOHO.

It will help me quickly finish to work.
I will help me finish the/my/ work (noun) finish quickly.

It(working SOHO) wasn’t tiring for me./made me less tired.

I didn’t add you.  <– one-time action: add, so it happened/didn’t happen in the past.
I don’t have your we chat. <— fact
I didn’t have your we chat <— BUT now I have it.

Someone was talking about / talked about the difference between Chinese and English.

The student who just got out the room said “English is so hard”.
The student who just left said …

Lily is a popular person.
Lily is a person who has lots of friends.

The dog I want (to buy)

The man (who) Lily dated before/in her college days is an asshole.

The man who dated Lily …

The only 3 brands I can buy/afford are Zara Uniqlo and UR.

The drink/wine/cocktail they like is sold-out.

The drink we had/drank last time…

The drink which takes a long time to make is sold-out.

The park we will go to next week is closed.