VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Vocabulary

funny = makes you laugh
fun = makes you happy / excited
interesting = makes you think

i’m tired / it is tiring 
i’m bored because it’s boring

competition – 竞争

nearby 
near + a place
eg. I work in Jingan near Jingan Temple and my house is nearby.

I changed a company – I changed jobs / I got a new job / I moved companies 

previous / old – before one
eg. in my old job, I didn’t like my boss

ex boss / ex boyfriend / ex husband

bear / handle / accept / manage – cheng shou
eg. my previous job had too much pressure for me to handle

I couldn’t get to sleep / I couldn’t fall asleep

allergic – guo ming
allergy (n)
eg. I’m allergic to coffee
eg2. I have an allergy to coffee / I have a coffee allergy

I don’t like it – I’m not into it – I’m really not a big fan of it
I like it – I’m really into it – I’m a big fan of it
eg. I’m really not a fan of drinking coffee late at night
eg2. I’m really into morning coffee

traveling – activity
trip – the experience from A to B
travel – verb

once upon a time (fairy tales) = once (normal)

when i was a student i loved traveling and i think it’s very fun but when i started working because I went to different places every week so I’m a little tired about traveling. once a time i went to 5 different places 1 week, from beijing to shenzhen… you know it was different weather so in shenzhen it was so hot but in beijing was so cold and I don’t think that’s a good feeling. because appointment is made by myself. Sometimes the company only that time is OK so I have to make that appointment.

when i was a student i loved traveling and i thought it was very fun but when i started working I went to different places every week so I got sick of it / I got tired of it. Once / one time, i went to 5 different places in 1 week, from beijing to shenzhen… you know there was different weather in each place so in shenzhen it was so hot but in beijing was so cold and I didn’t think that’s a good feeling / I’m really not into that feeling…..because the appointments were made by myself. Sometimes the company only has that time available so I have to make that appointment.