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.

Vocabulary

by myself / on my own 

fish cake – fish mixed and combined together

window shopping – guang guang
eg. I like to go window shopping on the weekends

store money save money
eg. Every month I try to save a few thousand RMB

in my memory / from what I remember 

licence plate – che pai

odd number (1, 3) < > even number (2, 4)

more dangerous than he seems / looks
eg. he seems a bit angry today

push in – cha dui
eg. I hate people who push in

court – fa yuan
eg. He went to court and the judge said he must pay her medical bills

went straight up to him / confronted him

it’s the principal – the idea of something, unrelated to money, anything you can gain
eg. we don’t care about 5RMB it’s the principal

we can use 5 or 6 hours to look around – we can spend 5 or 6 hours to look around

Grammar

30 RMB one month30 RMB a month

came in Chinacame into China 

I and my husband my husband and I / me and my husband 

they are different of Chinese – they are different to Chinese