VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Grammar

discuss about discuss = talk about 

I have been to Japan for several times

for + amount of time
eg. I have class for 1 hour

number of times (no for)
eg. I went to Japan 3 times last week

Vocabulary

frugal – to care about spending money

collaborate (creative / do your own thing but together)
cooperate (work together / help each other)

grow (anything) / grow up (people)

I can do everything I want – I can do anything I want
eg. If you can eat everything on your plate, you can have dessert
eg2. I’m not sure if I want to eat anything

cashier – the shop assistant working in a shop to take money and put products in bags

instead of (adv) / replace (v)
eg. the robot will replace the cashier / the robot will work instead of the cashier

model (buildings) – template (xls / ppt / email)

Speaking exercise

my friend said it’s really good but no, for me it’s really useless. the one i bought it’s the newest one at that time, they said they have super high technology and i bought it, it’s not cheap it’s around 3000 yuan, for this one it’s not very cheap. the first 2 times it can work very fluently but for later the machine try to eat my charge line, it’s different from I thought. sometimes it tried to get out my home for several times.

my friend said it’s really / quite good but it isn’t / actually it wasn’t. For me it’s really / totally useless. the one i bought was the newest one at that time, and they said they have super high technology so i bought it, but / however it was not cheap. It was around 3000 yuan, for these products it’s not very / particularly cheap. the first 2 times it could work very fluently / well / normally but for later the machine tried to eat my charger cable, it’s different from what I thought. sometimes it tried to get out of my home / leave my home.