VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Use which + that also

Next Class Focus

mostly = most of the time
eg. I mostly eat pizza for dinner = most of the time = almost always
almost = bu dao / cha yi dian dao 100%
eg. I have almost 10 RMB = I have 8-9 RMB

Vocabulary

30 days has September April June and November, all the rest have 31 except for February which has 28 and 29 in a leap year.

scrambled egg – chao dan
scrambled – a bit crazy
eg. my brain is a bit scrambled

stand – stood 

she is working hardly

hard = difficult / strong / with a lot of energy
hardly = almost nothing
eg. Are you working hard? or hardly working?
eg2. I am working really hard at the moment but I’m angry because my colleague is hardly working at all.

we have the same topic we are both interested in the same topics / we have a lot in common

relationship – connection (business guan xi)
eg. he got his job through his family’s connections

Grammar

should be did by hershould be done by her

one word i always forget it isone word I always forget is

she give me one feel, no matter what happens she will always be here – she gives me one feeling which is that no matter what happens she will always be here.

that = which
that = connect to a verb with a sentence.
eg. I know that your name is Nickole, which is a nice name!
eg2. I went to the shops today which was fun.

Pronunciation

strength – soft
stress – strong