VIP Class Notes (Dimple)

Reading

Finished Bravery.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2009/200928-bravery.html

Vocabulary

set: a group of things

routine: (workout routine) 动作

extension: add on, 附加的

dedicated: 下决心的,奉献的

trainer: 健身教练 [personal trainer, cross-fit trainer, yoga instructor, swim instructor, ski instructor]

blunt: direct

bluntly honest: so honest and direct it’s almost hurtful

i.e. Asians sometimes could be bluntly honest.

naughty: 调皮的, not behaving

professional 专业的

has a sense of humor: knows humor

soccer pitch 足球场

pitch: to sell someone an idea

Vocabulary

Common ways to transform words: un-, -ed. Pls see examples here:

interest 兴趣 interested 感兴趣的 uninterested 不感兴趣的

explode 爆炸 unexplode 没爆炸

available 有空的 unavailable 没空的

Speaking exercise

Q: How are you today?

A: I’m a little tired because I am working out at worked out this morning. Today I focused on practice practicing my back. Because my trainer was late, so I just finished three group act sets of routines. Usually, I need to finish five act sets.

Q: What’s your favorite part of personal training?

A: I don’t like to practice, I don’t have a favorite project routine/exercise. But I know I don’t like to practice pushups (But I know I don’t like pushups). My favorite part of personal training is that personal trainers can teach me more carefully are more focused in a personal training session.

Q: What’s your trainer like?

A: My trainer is a man. He is maybe 35-year old. He has a stupid kid. Because t The kid is not good at studying and his teacher often told tells his father that he can’t pay attention on to classes. (Q: how do you know that?) Because his kid usually stay in goes to the gym when he after class, so I always meet see him there. My trainer is a humorous man has a great sense of humor. He always talks a lot in his class. [He isn’t tall but have he is a little strong. And he is strong but his body is not strong compared to some professional athletes. ] –> He is strong even though he isn’t tall. But he’s not strong enough compared to some professional athletes.

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.
  1. Memorize all the words we learned today.
  2. Revisit how to transform a word with “un-” and “-ed”. Think of five other words that could be transformed this way.
  3. When you go to your PT session, pay attention to your trainer and his kid (observe them). Write a little story of their interaction. When you write this, pay attention to conjunction.