VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

No Chinese next class – try to explain everything using simple English and answering simple questions in your head to explain. Like the game “Vegetable Animal Mineral (thing) – 20 questions”

Is it an animal?
Is it a vegetable?

is it alive?
do we eat it?

Do people use it every day?
Is it bigger than ____?
Is it heavier than ____?
Is is made from _____?
Is it man made? / Is it natural?

Vocabulary

basically – ji ben shang

primary school / elementary school

high school (junior high school / middle school + senior high school / high school)

just study, only study – the only thing I could do was study 

take leave – qing jia

I have 10 days of annual leave every year
I have 5 days of sick leave every year

they pay the travel fee / pay for the trip

budget 
eg. they don’t have the budget for it

I just travel for pleasure and the work I do is incidental
I mostly travel for fun but I do work on the side 

what’s it like? – what do you think about it?

all over = covering
eg. it has plants all over the building

environment – huan jin / everything around you that is natural

environmentally friendly – to treat the environment well

return flight – to and back
one-way flight

Grammar

I travel just I love it – I travel just because I love it

Pronunciation

company – cum peh nee

tour = too wer
towel = tow wela
tower = tow wer