VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S/R]

Vocabulary

chivalry/chivalrous (adj): (尤指男人对女人的) 彬彬有礼，殷勤，体贴; (中世纪的) 骑士制度;
ie. Ally thinks that Li is not a chivalrous man today.

puzzle: 拼图
ie. Ally told me that I should do(piece together) the puzzle myself.

acknowledge:  承认(属实); 承认(权威、地位)
ie. I acknowledge there’s some truth to Star Wars, but I still think you’re too obsessed.
ie. I don’t to want to acknowledge the fact that you’re better than me.

obsessed: Zhao mi (over=prep)
ie. The woman is overly obsessive about keeping her apartment clean.
ie. I used to obsess over duoruo, but now I think I should find a new obsession.
ie. She is too obsessed over her boyfriend.

take a toll on sth: sun hai
ie. Her pregnancy is taking a toll on the whole family.
ie. The construction takes a toll on animals in the neighborhood.

rhyme: ya yun (v)
ie. Rhyming is/Rhymes (n) are very important to rappers/in rap music.

well-versed: 通晓的; 精通的
ie. It looks like that Matthew is well-versed in English, but that might not be true.

solitude: being alone
ie. I’d prefer to be in solitude rather than interacting with different people.
ie. In comparison to/Compared to going to parties all day, I like to stay in solitude much better.

Grammar

noun: person, place, thing (item and idea count)

“chivalry is dead.” – use when a man is impolite to a girl.

it’s + adj + that + ……
ie. It’s bad that you work too long, which takes a toll on your body.

S+V+A +B … must be in same format and tense
-I don’t know whether my lemon has gone bad or whether my ice cream has melted.
– negation “don’t”-> use or
-When you’re at an interview, they will focus on your education background and your employment history./whether you have been fired before.

The way I reading a word maybe not right.
The way I read a word may not be right. 

‘It’s good to talk’, so some people say. When I commute into London, there are certainly plenty of people conversing on their mobile phones – sometimes too loudly – discussing and sharing personal details with a friend. For me, it’s strange that they talk as though the person is sitting next to them, when they don’t even acknowledge the person who is actually sitting beside them.

Many of us spend part of each day surrounded by strangers, whether on our daily commute, or sitting in a park or a cafe. But most of them remain just that– strangers. However, new evidence has shown that plucking up the courage to strike up a conversation might be good for our health.

Nicholas Epley from the University of Chicago and Juliana Schroeder from the University of California are behavioral scientists. They looked at this silent relationship and whether solitude is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers, or if people misunderstand the consequences of distant social connections.

Pronunciation

Strangers: STRAYNGERS

STRAY- don’t go flat at the end of the word

sharing: ing … go into the nasal sound

demand vs mind