VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S/R/W]

Homework

Find some new sentences in the reading

Write about your opinions of the reading if you have time.

Vocabulary

row: pai

column: lie

hesitant: (adj)you yu (n) hesitation (v) hesitate
ie. Mavis is always hesitant when she makes sentences.
ie. Mavis always hesitates when…
ie. Mavis always show hesitation …

perceptive: dong cha li de
ie. Ally is so perceptive that she can always tell when Mavis cheats on her homework.

aggressive: you gong ji xing de (n) aggression
ie. She has an aggressive personality.
ie. She shows a lot of aggression.

psychoanalyze: 精神分析
ie. Stop psychoanalyzing me!

inspire: (v) 激励; 鼓舞; 赋予灵感; 引起联想; 启发思考; 使产生 (n) inspiration
ie. Let Ally’s hard work inspire all of us.
ie. Let Ally’s hard work become/be inspiration to all of us.

biological: sheng wu (adj). (n) biology
ie. There are biological differences between men and women./The biology between … is different.
ie. A person’s biological family background can have a big influence on their emotional wellbeing.

wellbeing: 康乐
ie. I still care about his wellbeing (healthy and content/happy) but I don’t want to be his wife anymore.

Grammar

common sense: 常识

with : dai – talking about decorations/factors of one thing
ie. The woman with the little kid (not 2 people, and – 2 people)
ie. The dress with the red bow
ie. The girl with the nice smile

about to – cha bu duo yao
ie. I’m about to have a burger.

substitution words: in the end after the real word

Speaking exercise

something that was always about to happen but didn’t (happen).

Q: What made you interested in psychology?/What inspired your interest in psychology?
A: I always want to find out/learn why I am the person now./ why I am who I am now. Every Sunday I take a class about/on psychology from 9Am to 4pm. Each class is with a special/specific/different teacher.

I have been going to therapy for 6 months.

Reading

There’s a lot (of things) that doesn’t bear thinking about.
There’s a lot that I can’t bear to think about.
There’s a man who isn’t worth loving.

Writing exercise

1. I want to get a new and fashionable English name which is a sign that I’m a beautiful girl with temperament and elegance.Can you think about it and tell me next class?
2. I really like this lipstick which is sent by Maggie.
3. Which is out of stock all over the world is my favorite lipstick.
4. The dog which is similar to the one we saw yeasterday.
5. I want to have a magic which can separate me, then I can do a lot of things at the same time.
6. What you did let me think of one of my friend, she always sang to me when I was sad.
7. What Maggie said made my day.
8. You can do what you want to do.
9. What Tom said was the same thing I thought.
10. Would you mind telling me what he did made you so angry.
11. He is my lover who also like my teacher.
12. I met him at busstop who I met again downstairs, so I was afraid of that he followed me.
13. The old lady who is like a repeat robot always talks about the same thing.
14. I hope that someone can stay around me and give me useful advice when I’m in an emergency.
15. I’m sleeping in what had once been a garden which was my favorite place.
16. Maggie was no longer the one who used to be, since she divoced.
17. The tea which is in your hand is mine.
18. The fact that she didn’t come to work made me anxious.
19. He didn’t wear a mask, so that the young man who was the subway administrator didn’t allow him to enter the subway.
20. It made me crazy that ally asked me to make 20 phrases.

Edited:
1. I want to get a new and fashionable English name which would belong to /which would tell others that I’m a beautiful girl with temperament and elegance. Can you think of one/think about it and tell me next class?
2. I really like this lipstick which is sent by Maggie./which is given to me by Maggie/which Maggie gave me.
3. The lipstick which is out of stock/sold out all over the world is my favorite one.
4. The dog which is similar to the one we saw yesterday was sold.
5. I want to have a magic ability which create another me/other ‘me”s, then I can do a lot of things at the same time/at once.
6. What you did let me think of one of my friends who always sang to me when I was sad.
7. What Maggie said made my day.
8. You can do whatever you want to do whenever you want to do it with whoever you want.
9. What Tom said was the same thing I thought.
10. Would you mind telling me what he did that made/to make you so angry.
11. He is my lover who is also like my teacher.
12. He was the person who I met at the bus stop and again downstairs, so I was afraid of him following me.
13. The old lady who is like a repetitive robot always talks about the same thing.
14. I hope that someone can stay around me and give me useful advice (when I’m) in an emergency.
15. I’m sleeping in what had once been a garden which was my favorite place.
16. Since her divorce/since she divorced, Maggie was no longer the person who used to be.
17. The tea which is in your hand is mine.
18. The fact that she didn’t come to work made me anxious.
19. He didn’t wear a mask, so the young man who was the subway administrator didn’t allow him to enter the subway./The guy who didn’t wear a mask was so aggressive that the ….
20. It made me crazy that ally asked me to make 20 phrases.

Pronunciation

colleagues –  no “er” sound