VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

down: blues/happy
ie. I feel down today.

avoidance problem: tao bi problem

frustrate: (v)zhao ji / go crazy/ upset about (n) frustration
ie. Francis was frustrated when she found that Lala doesn’t love her.

SCOTUS: Supreme Court of the US

diplomatic: wai jiao
ie. It will be a long-term diplomatic situation between China and the US.

catastrophic: (adj) vvv disastrous (n) catastrophe

elite: gao ceng de (elite class)

conflict: chong tu (adj) conflicted

invade: qin lue (n) invasion

inspire: 激励; 鼓舞; 赋予灵感; 引起联想; 启发思考; 使产生(感觉或情感) (n) inspiration
ie. It’s wrong to inspire hate in the population.

isolated: gu li (n) isolation

lap dog: zou gou

reserved: yu ding (n) reservation

flyers: 传单

supervise: jian du (person) supervisor (n) supervision

analogy: bi yu

incentives: 激励

hobbit: Frodo

encounter: yu dao

Grammar

“don’t go down this road” -> you should choose another path, don’t be this way

I don’t want to make it into “a thing”.
I don’t want to make it even messier/an even bigger mess.

American afraid of China be the first in the world
America is afraid of China being/becoming the first in the world/the world leader.
America is afraid that China would become …

because it will hurt their benefits.

American is not great again.

lack of courage.

I find it without meaning in ad industry.
I find the ad industry to be meaningless.
I can’t find meaning in the ad industry.
I find a lack of meaning in the ad industry.

Pronunciation

hobbies (hobeeees) habit hobbit

fine f+I+ne (not fun or fan)

fight

apple