VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

focus on using “let / get / make” in the right way.

Vocabulary

A)
How are you? / How’s it going? / How’re you doing?

B)
5 – Great / Really good / Very good 
4 – Good / Pretty good 
3 – Good / Not bad 
2 – Fine / Just OK
1 – Not great / Not very good

Thanks / Thank you

And you? / How about you? / What about you? 

A)
5 – Great / Really good / Very good 
4 – Good / Pretty good 
3 – Good / Not bad 
2 – Fine / Just OK
1 – Not great / Not very good

Thanks / Thank you

aftershave / cologne / fragrance = xiang shui (men)

perfume = xiang shui (women)

awkward – a little weird / uncomfortable feeling (gan ga)
embarrassed – strong feeling – other people looking and laughing at you (gan ga)

let / get / make – rang

let – you want to do it / allow
get – you should do it / ask
make – you don’t want to do it / effect

my mum makes me do my homework
my mum gets me to wash my hands before I eat a hotdog
my mum lets me play computer games before dinner

phones make our lives very convenient – effect
phones let us call our friends – allow

Pronunciation

variable – vair ree able
variety – va reye ye tee

when i do a presentation in the platform and i should memorize what I need to say and when i memorize half I forgot, so I stood in the platform, I said nothing and everybody look me and i look the powerpoint, teacher look me too so i didn’t know what should I do so it make me very embarrassed.

when i do a presentation on the platform and i should memorize what I need to say and when i memorize half I forget it, so I stand on the platform, and I say nothing / I can’t say anything and everybody looks at me and i look at the powerpoint, the / my teacher looks at me too so i don’t know what I should do so it makes me very embarrassed.