VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Next Class Focus

Go back to some of the old notes to review to see how much Sandy can remember.

Grammar

there won’t a lot of interestingthere won’t be a lot of interesting things / it won’t be very interesting

how to organise the picture and the words

Vocabulary

theory (ideas) / theoretical
eg. 70% of my course was practical and the other 30% was theoretical, in class with a teacher

practice (doing) / practical

creative (adj)

intuitive (adj) – simple and easy to understand naturally without learning / reading anything
intuition (n)

which is which / which one is which? – na yi ge shi na yi ge

up front – right at the start – also can mean direct and honest
eg. Jesse was really up front with me about how quickly I will improve my English
eg2. We had to pay 10% for the house up front.

it’s the principle of it
eg. it was the principle that made me angry

a cooker = a thing in your kitchen you can cook with
a cook = a chef 
eg. a cook cooks with a cooker / a chef cooks with a cooker

Speaking exercise

When i was young i had good relationship with my kids neighbor. We often sung and dance with together and even we had singing competition with together. when I was 23, just graduated from university i argued with one of my classmate for…. that time we lived together and she hired a cooker / maid, and cooked for her but she didn’t ask me eat with her so I was very angry and I argue with her and then we keep cold for long time. I think that was a small problem but I was very angry.

When i was young i had a good relationship with my neighbors who was a kid / who was the same age as me. We often sung and danced with together and even we had a singing competition with together. when I was 23, I had just graduated from university, and i argued with one of my classmates for…. at that time, we lived together and she hired a cooker maid who cooked for her but she didn’t ask me if I wanted to eat with her so I was very angry and I argued with her / we had a fight /  I got angry with her / I was furious / fuming and then we didn’t talk for a long time. I think that was a small problem but I was very angry / I think even though that was a small problem, I was still very angry.