VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

conversation about corona virus situation – Essie will watch a video about it to review the vocab from today. Should watch at 75% speed.

Vocabulary

spread – go from 1 person to many / others

vaccine – medicine that you take to stop getting sick in the future – yi miao

epidemic (a sickness that spreads within 1 country quickly) / pandemic (all over the world sickness)

corona virus / COVID 19 

symptom – the problems you feel from a sickness / you have
eg. the symptoms of corona virus include fever, cough, breathing problems

infected – gan ran
eg. I have got infected by the corona virus

contagious – able to give sickness to someone else
eg. Corona virus is very contagious

quarantine – ge li
eg. I had to quarantine for 14 days after I returned from Japan

disinfectant (n) / disinfect (v)
eg. we disinfect the surfaces before class

we can’t face to face – we can’t do it in person / we can’t do it face to face / we can’t actually meet 

social / socialize
eg. I don’t have to socialize

obsolete – 淘汰
eg. I don’t want to be obsolete

stock market / wall street – gu shi

Grammar

only different thing about – the only difference is / regarding …. the only difference is 

in the online – online 

one kind of company they does

i haven’t friends – I don’t have any friends / I have no friends 

focus my job – I focus on my job 

when I come back the office – when I come back to the office