VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

all at once – to do many things at the same time, without a break in between
eg. I can do 5m all at once, but then I need to stop

in my 30s / in my 20s 

i wanted to join – I wanted to but I couldn’t
i like to join – joining is what I like to do

breaststroke – the froggy style

backstroke – the one lying on your back

dive – to jump head-first into the water

kick (v / n)
eg. hold the edge and kick

thighs – da tui – “th eye”

Pronunciation

said – “sed”
say – “say”
says – “sez”

don’t twist your torso

fight / argue – chao jia

emphasize – to make sth stronger
eg. I want to emphasize that you are a good student

one of my girlfriends / a girlfriend of mine = a girl who is your friend

girlfriend = nv pengyou

interested / interesting
eg. the boy is interested in the girl
eg2. I think that some of the students are interested, but some seem to be bored
eg3. maybe some of the kids are bored because maths is not interesting so it is boring sometimes

indicated
eg. it was indicated on the box in German that there was a knife and spoon inside

cutlery – knives / forks / spoons / chopsticks

kitchenware 

Grammar

in recently for child – recently children are really smart… 

couldn’t to do it – couldn’t do it  

I hanged out with my woman friend last Tuesday. We had a lunch and chitchat. She is a very humous and funny person.This time she told me an interested story about her journey in Germany. Her habit is to buy some local gifts for friends and relatives and also frequently do it. Because German’s Cooking wares are very famous in china. So She decided to choose the cooking ware for German’s gifts. At WMF Shop she found some spoons and knifes are not so heavy and not so big very nice for gifts. She picked 5 boxes (1 box for herself and 4 boxes for gifts)and check it covered picture with a spoon and a knife and indication with German. Chinese People go shopping at foreign country often open case and check it. This habit usually claimed by shop assistant at oversea. So that she didn’t open it check and pay the bills. When she came back and opened 1box. she got a shock with 6 spoons into the boxes and no knifes.
Anther 4 boxes same whole of it is spoons. Totally she bought 5 boxes with 30 spoons. How terrible do not understand the local language and we laughed together. At last I brought 1 box spoons back home.

I hung out with one of my girlfriends / a girlfriend of mine last Tuesday. We had a lunch and chitchat. She is a very funny person / she has a good sense of humor. This time she told me an interesting story about her journey in Germany. She really likes to buy some local gifts for friends and relatives and also frequently does it. Because Germany‘s Cooking wares are very famous in china. So she decided to choose the cooking ware for the gifts. At the WMF Shop she found some spoons and knifes which were not too heavy and not too big, so they are very good for gifts. She picked 5 boxes (1 box for herself and 4 boxes for gifts) and checked that they had a picture of a spoon and a knife and was also written in German. Chinese People go shopping in foreign countries often open cases and check them. Shop assistants overseas always complain about this problem. So she didn’t open it to check and pay the bill. When she came back and opened one of the boxes, she got a shock with 6 spoons in the boxes and no knifes.
The other 4 boxes were the same, all of them were spoons. Totally she bought 5 boxes with 30 spoons. How terrible it is not to understand the local language and we laughed together. At last I brought 1 box of  the spoons back home.