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.

And write about a simple topic related to your childhood.

Vocabulary

productive – to get lots of things done / to do lots of things
eg. I always try to be productive

i’m always urgent in a hurry / running around / in a rush 

urgent 
eg. is that urgent? do i need to be in a hurry when i do it?

study hard – diligent

university entrance exam – gao kao

ancient historical sites – old places from history

terracotta army

mature (cheng shu) < > immature (bu cheng shu)

wise – smart + experience
eg. he’s quite wise

let / get / make
letallow – you want to do
eg. phones let us call our friends
get – ask – not want / not don’t want
eg. I get Judy to get some water for you
makeforce – you don’t want to do – effect / result
eg. phones make our lives more convenient

i found – i noticed / i realised 

office politics – the complex social situation within an office
eg. i left that company due to the office politics

shy – hai xiu

record – lu ying / like history / track

grades / scores – fen shu / result of education

Grammar

i didn’t got a good result – I didn’t get

important to – good to me – way you think about it / way it treats you
important for – good for me – effect

he dead – he is dead (adj) / he already died (v)

he is dying (v)
we will all die (v)
he is dead (adj)
death is bad (n)

they don’t care about university

it let me feel jealousit makes me jealous 

everybody don’t knownobody knows it 

so what can I do is keep a good relationship – what I can do is… 

some bright brightness

didn’t want say somethingdidn’t want to say anything 

i became to beI became confident 

there was a problem so SUBJECT affected the rate.
there was a problem which / that affected the rate

Pronunciation

willa

peoplease
please

laa
aal

lii
iil

name
plane