VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

finish reviewing words from last class (the ones that we haven’t given definitions and examples for in particular)

Grammar

I am interested in sth

teach – taught 
think – thought 
bring – brought

Vocabulary

mostly / most of the time
eg. I think if people are mostly the same

practice – lian xi
eg. I practice playing guitar every night

what do you do in your leisure time? / free time 

hobby (sport, music, art) / interest (everything) – things you like to do
eg. One of my hobbies is to paint
eg2. I love watching movies. It is an interest of mine.

lawn – grass outside your house
laundry – the room you wash clothes

public transport – gong gong jiao tong
transport card – jiao tong ka

I complimented Juni on her sweater – said it’s good
I got complimentary chocolate at the hotel – free

go and play with my friends – go out with / hang out with / spend time with 

I want to connect with people when I talk with them
If my husband plays with his phone I feel like I’m not connecting with him
I will connect with you later by email = contact 

constantly – to always do it over and over
eg. I don’t want to constantly make mistakes… I want my English to be good

xi la – Greece (country) / Greek (people / language)

here / there / home – most special places

I want to drink water
We don’t need to relax

success < > failure
succeed < > fail
successful < > not successful 

project – ji hua
eg. I think this project was a little successful so my boss is a little happy

goal (anything) / target (number)
eg. one of my goals is to be a boss
eg2. my target for this year is 10,000,000 RMB

definitely – ken ding – “def fin net lee”
eg. I think this project was definitely successful

you take a piece of cake out of the whole cake
it is the cheapest out of the whole year
out of all of my students, you are the best

picnic – ye can
eg. I will go out with my husband for a picnic

make up
eg. my husband wanted to talk to me so we could make up
eg2 you guys should “kiss and make up” 

last month my work was so busy. maybe every day i went to home at 11 or 12 o’clock. I think it’s very tiring and at 11/11 our Greek colleagues comed here and worked with us. they think we are so amazing because they think we no need relax, we no need sleep and we always work work work we just work. they think we are amazing.

last month my work was so busy. maybe every day i went home at 11 or 12 o’clock. I think it was very tiring and on 11/11 our Greek colleagues came here and worked with us. they think we are so amazing because they think we don’t need to relax or sleep and we just constantly work. they think we are amazing.