VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
I couldn’t sleep
at 4am i fell asleep
yoga – yu jia
eg. I do yoga every day
focus – zhu yi
remind – ti xing
meditation – ming xiang
eg. when you meditate you need to just focus on 1 thing, and every time you think about something else, you just remind yourself to come back to focus on the 1 thing.
I’ve never done that before – zhi qian wo mei you zuo guo
culture – wen hua
eg. in western culture we often drink tea and coffee
parents – fu mu
eg. what are your parents interested in?
gardening – zhong hua
eg. my dad likes gardening
now = these days
those days = a long time ago
gambling – win money
eg. my dad liked gambling with his friends
social = meet people / have friends / talk to people
eg. I am very social
social drinker
eg. me and my mum are both social drinkers
alcoholic / workaholic
eg. my dad is an alcoholic and sometimes I’m a workaholic
addicted (adj) / addiction (n)
eg. my father is addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. He has an addiction to smoking.
made by porche, made by them
at their shop
the people that worked on my car made a mistake. It’s their fault!
original – yuan lai – “oh ri jin al”
eg. the original body is porche but i wanted to change to / get a new body but porche can’t do that so only they can do that.
newest body – zui xin de
insurance – bao xian
eg. I have insurance for my car
broken – huai le
eg. the body of my car is broken, so the guys who worked on it will fix it for me
nearby < > far away
near < > far
price – jia ge
eg. the price is very different at more modern restaurants
Let’s go traveling tomorrow! I will pay
Sounds good!! = OK that’s great!
most of the time – da bu fen shi jian
stay home – go to work – go out – travel
Pronunciation
house – hao sss
horse – horss
history – hiss tree
time – taaaiiiiiiim
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