VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

simmer – less than boil

suitable / fit
eg. these clothes are suitable for me
eg2. these clothes fit me (they are they right size)

infuse
eg. if you let the spices and the orange sit together for a while the flavors will infuse

juice the lemon (v)
eg. I will juice 1 lemon and 1 orange into the wine

it’s my duty to visit Beijing

it has many famous places / it has many places that are worth visiting

that’s worth the time / money – you’re not worth my time or money

yes / no

Do you like coffee?
Yes I do
You do?
Yes (I do)
You don’t?
No I do

Do you like spiders?
No I don’t
You do?
No, I don’t
You don’t?
No (I don’t)

“easier said than done”

Grammar

nouns: which one or how many?
verbs: what time?

recently have done / have been doing

i appreciate sth / i appreciate sb for sth (for doing sth) / i want to thank you for sth

confidence in sth / trust in / put money in the bank

Writing exercise

I received Mid-Term Report card from my daughter school and wrote a reply to teacher as below. Recent she has a problem with the next room student,she complained about music noise from the next room and hasn’t get solution with boarding teachers. So she talked with her class teacher.At last the class teacher talked with boarding house teacher and let the next room student move to the other flour from the Christmas holiday after.I replied E-mail to thanks for it to the class teacher.
Dear Erna Romeril
I am really thanks for your information and had a talk with Shennan.
She has a great confidence with next semester of study that couldn’t without you encourage to her.
I heard from Shennan that your help her to deal with problem between with the next room at boarding house.
Thank you very much with you support.

lisun

I received a Mid-Term Report card from my daughter’s school and wrote a reply to the teacher as below. Recently she has had a problem with the next room student. She complained about (the) music noise from the next room and hasn’t got a solution from the boarding teachers. So she talked with her class teacher. At last the class teacher talked with the boarding house teacher and let the next room student move to the other floor from after the Christmas holiday. I replied to the E-mail to thank the teacher for it.

Dear Erna Romeril
I really appreciate your information / I just want to thank you for the information and had a talk with Shennan.
She has great confidence in next semester which couldn’t be without your encouragement.
I heard from Shennan that you helped her to deal with the problem between the next room‘s student at the boarding house.
Thank you very much for you support.

lisun