VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

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Choose a song that you like and read it so you understand most of the meaning. We’ll discuss next class.

Grammar

it depends on their Chinese – based on the fact that they’re Chinese, they probably like Chinese food

she is try to improving it – she tries to improve it 

Pronunciation

international

i will probably choose to be in my room alone and doing my old job or project. first, a quiet environment can make my mind more cleaner and let me think about more ideas and come up with more different thoughts and maybe improve my quality of work. Also, being alone on your project also mean you don’t have to figure out so many questions you just go straight with your mind and put your thoughts on your project. Like if you’re doing your job at a restaurant, first environment is not so appropriate and like when you’re doing work and others are eating or talking or just the sounds will annoying you so much and you just can’t pay your attention on your own project maybe the little things that happen around you and I think it won’t have any advantage for your work but just like bringing up your mind and lower your quality.

I would probably choose to be in my room alone and do my own work or project. first, a quiet environment can make my mind clearer / focused and helps me to be more creative and come up with new ideas and maybe improve the quality of my work. Also, being alone on your project means you don’t have to figure out so many answers to the questions, you are able to focus completely and put your creativity and ideas into your project. Like if you’re doing your work at a restaurant, first the (noisy) / that kind of environment is not so appropriate and when you’re doing work and others are eating or talking or just the sounds will annoy you so much and you just can’t pay attention to your own project. maybe the little things that happen around you will distract you and I think it won’t give you any advantage for your work but just like breaking you focus and lowers the quality of your work .

Vocabulary

and? – zenme yang / and then what?

acupuncture – zhen jiu

reach up to somewhere – physically use your arm to try to get something from above you
reach the level – arrive at the level

focus on sth
pay attention to sth
put effort into sth

my quality of life is really good these days
the quality of my work 

distract / interrupt / disturb 

distract – takes your attention
interrupt – stops you from doing sth temporarily
disturb – annoys you and makes sth harder

job / work 

job = position / responsibilities
work = what you do / place / verb
eg. I work at work on my work
eg2. I love my job. It is my job to help students. I will get a new job soon.

would = will + if
could = can + if