VIP Class Notes (George) [S+W]

Homework

do more toefl writing

Vocabulary

Genre-Ā A type of something, comes from the French Language, usually used to describe novels, movies, music.

e.g. Punk Rock is considered a non-conforming genre because it uses unconventional things.

Consent-Ā Permission, when you allow someone to do something you give them your consent.

e.g. If you have an accident, the doctors need your prior consent before donating your organs.

Pronunciation

Doll-Ā DAWL- ALL

Speaking exercise

Original

because I live in my house from the time i born so i didn’t move my house so since the time i go back to my home and can see the park clearly. From my childhood i was played in that park, both because of the location is near and its quite good for me to relax, and was play there when I am in kindergarten and i think the park is growing with me. The park is changing and I’m growing up.Ā  Sometimes I feel disappointed for some reason then I will take a walk in the park because I think if i can breathe some fresh air I can probably change my mood for the better.

Corrected

I have lived in my house since I was born, so whenever I come back home from school, I can see the park clearly.Ā In my childhood,Ā I would play in the park both because of its proximity to my home, and because I really enjoyed it. I think the park has grown along side me. Sometimes when I feel upset I go to the park because I think if I can breathe some fresh air,Ā I can probably change my mood for the better.

Writing exercise

OriginalĀ 

Q: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? At university and colleges, sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

One normal student should seek knowledge by several years for studies in school. It must be the most beneficial and toughest process in everyone’s life, and the main link before us to stand firm on the society, which is the curricular activities of university and colleges need to be enough abundance. Because of the studies at university and colleges will be the final step to achieve our dreams, also the final preparation for independent life, the students should have more sports and social activities for a more comprehensive learning system. For this reason, I agree with receive equal financial support both on sports and social activities.
Likewise, if the students would like to maintain their brain to operate efficiently, they need a healthy body for basement. As common sense, a health body depends on daily exercising, the habit of diet, and optimistic attitude to life. The older age signifies the heavy studies, so there wonā€™t much spare time to play sports for the seniorsļ¼Œeven have the three meals one day can be painful. Well, I wonder that the university and colleges should take some immediate actions. The first step is to ensure the financial support of the sports, new exercising equipment, high quality of PE class, excavate faculty resourcesā€¦ ā€¦
On the other hand, the sports meeting represent the social activities. There maybe not so much connection between, but the same advantage for doing sports and attending social activities is the effective way to reduce stress as adjust the state of mood. The conclusion relies on my own feeling for what I had undergone. Once, during exam week, the atmosphere in my class was such low and oppressive. Luckily, the PE class was still survived. We went downstairs to the playground. Afterwards, our PE teacher asked we to join a chasing game. The rules were simple to understand, but everyone participated into this game and enjoyed this lesson with ease. Itā€™s just an easy example to show the importance of the process to make your attitude get better. However, Iā€™m sure that sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support.

Corrected

Q: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? At university and colleges, sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

One normal student should seek knowledge by several years for studies in school. It must be the most beneficial and toughest process in everyone’s life, and the main link before us to stand firm inĀ society, which means thatĀ the extracurricular activities of university and colleges need to beĀ abundant enough. BecauseĀ studyingĀ at university and college will be the final step to achieve our dreams, also the final preparation for anĀ independent life, students should have more sports and social activities for a more comprehensive education. For this reason, I agree that sports and social activities should receive equal financial support.
Likewise, if students would like to keep their brain operating efficiently, they need a healthy bodyĀ as their foundation. As common sense, a health body depends on daily exercise, the habit ofĀ one’sĀ diet, and optimistic attitude to life. The olderĀ a student gets, the more studying he will have to do. This meansĀ there wonā€™t much spare time to play sports for senior studentsļ¼Œeven havingĀ three meals a day can be difficult. Well, I thinkĀ the university and colleges should take immediate action. The first step is to ensure the financial support of sports, new exercising equipment, high quality PE classes, increasing faculty resources…
On the other hand, the sports meetings representĀ  social activities. There maybe not beĀ much connection between them, but the same advantage for doing sports and attending social activities is an effective way to reduce stress and change one’s mood. The conclusion relies on my own feeling for what I had experienced. Once, during exam week, the atmosphere in my class was so low and oppressive. Luckily, the PE class was still happening. We went downstairs to the playground. Afterwards, our PE teacher asked us to join a chasing game. The rules were simple to understand, but everyone participated in this game and enjoyed this lesson. Itā€™s just an easy example to show the importance of the process to make your attitude better.Ā  Therefore,Ā Iā€™m sure that sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support.