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