VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

contagious – when a sickness is easy to be given to someone else
eg. this disease is very contagious

hand foot mouth diseaseĀ 

common (everyone does it) / popular (everyone likes it)

2 second rule – if you drop sth on the floor you can eat it within 2 seconds only.

went to a foreigner countrywent overseas / went abroadĀ 

at all = make a negative sentence stronger
eg. I don’t want to do itĀ at all
eg2. I don’t have any money at allĀ 

talk about / discuss
look on / browseĀ 

flowers attract bees
bees are attracted by / to flowers

wrote sth in my own words based on sth I read

I don’t want my son to fall behind and need to catch upĀ 

Writing exercise

Recently I like Wayuu bags and have already bought 8 at all. Taobao recommended Wayuu bag to me according my collection and buying history once I browsed on it. Then I had a glance at the link, the design and color of Wayuu bag had deeply attracted me.
Wayuu bags are made my Wayuu clan which is in Columbia. Wayuu is a behindhand and poor clan in local, but Wayuu women through their knitting let the world know Wayuu bags and Wayuu. They have been making these bags by hand for generations.
Each Wayuu bag is 100% handmade and unique with different patterns and colors, and the patterns and colors show thick ethnic.
What ethnic is what worldwide.

Recently I started toĀ like Wayuu bags and have already bought 8 in total / all in all. Taobao recommended a Wayuu bag to me according to my collection and buying history once I browsed it. Then I had a glance at the link, and the design and color of Wayuu bagsĀ deeply attracted me.
Wayuu bags are made by the Wayuu ethnic groupĀ / people which is in Columbia. Wayuu is a poor and developing local people,Ā but Wayuu women, through their knitting, let the world know Wayuu bags and Wayuu. They have been making these bags by hand for generations.
Each Wayuu bag is 100% handmade and unique with different patterns and colors, and the patterns and colors show thick ethnicity.
Whatever is deeply ethnic will have global appeal.

Most Chinese parents attach importance to their childrenā€™s education, because the Chinese college entrance examination is competitive and relatively fairness. We donā€™t want our children lost at their starting line.
Therefore, a lot of businessmen seized this opportunity and they opened many educational institutions in this market.
Unfortunately, they are businessmen and they only care about their revenue and market share. They forgot their original intention is education. The education market in China is in a mess and lack of supervision. Many news reported a lot of incidents which regard the sexual assault and Child abuse.
The safety problem replaced education quality and has become the first consideration point before parents make selection.

Most Chinese parents attach importance to their childrenā€™s education, because the Chinese college entrance examination is competitive and relatively fair. We donā€™t want our children toĀ fall behind.
Therefore, a lot of businessmen seized this opportunity and they opened many educational institutions in this market.
Unfortunately, they are businessmen and they only care about their revenue and market share. They forgot their original intention is education. The education market in China is in a mess andĀ has aĀ lack of / and lacks / there is not enough supervision. There have beenĀ a lot of incidents reported by the media regarding the sexual assault and Child abuse.
The safety problem replaced education quality, and has become the first consideration point before parents make selection.