VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Have conversation but try to focus on not using Chinese sentences. Remember this:

Making Sentences

[ Main Idea + Details ] ___CONJUNCTION___ [ Main Idea + Details ]

These years China get apparent change and progress which has been second economy already. There are many beautiful building and communal facilities in Chinese city.Chinese people’s life are becomeing more and more convenient.For example ,we can by anyting (including three meals a day)form app so that we don’t need go out,we can call taxi from app so that we don’t wait for a long time at road, we go out don’t need carry cash because we can pay from cellphone,et cetera.I know these modren and convenient services just in china because most of national governments don’t want to change;They think these change effect original industry that original industry’s staff may be out of work.I thank this is very old mind like when car just maked,British government didn’t allowed car to run faster than horse-drawn.

These years China has had / made apparent change and progress which has made it the 2nd economy in the world. There are many beautiful buildings and communal facilities in Chinese cities. Chinese people’s lives are becoming more and more convenient. For example ,we can buy anything (including three meals a day) from apps so that we don’t need to go out, we can call taxis from apps so that we don’t wait for a long time on the road, we go out and don’t need to carry cash because we can pay from our cellphones, etcetera / etc. I know these modern and convenient services are just in china because most national governments don’t want to change; They think these changes effect original industry that original industry’s staff may be out of work. I think this is a very old mindset like when cars were just made, the British government didn’t allow car to run faster than horse-drawn carts.

Vocabulary

I went to sleep late / I got to sleep late / I fell asleep late
I was asleep < > I was awake 

I woke up late / I slept in 

after a while / in a while / after some time / later 

there is no character customization / you can’t customize the character

change the difficulty 

effect / affect – ying xiang

character – wen zi
eg. Japanese and Chinese both have characters but English uses an alphabet

time / era / period – shi dai
eg. In Mao’s era, we needed more people …

manufacture / produce – to make products
eg. if we have a lot of people we can manufacture more things and export them

the more the better / if our country has more people, it would be better
the bigger the better
the richer the better
the richer the happier
the richer I am the happier I will be 

allow us to have / give birth to a 2nd and third baby – chu shen
My mum gave birth to me on the 10th of February 1985. So, she gave me my birthday

Grammar

do = allow
eg. I didn’t do it = I didn’t allow it
did = allowed
doing = allowing

I am here
a cup of coffee
most of the coffee
most coffee 

noun – which one? how many? 

Public place / all are similar
the park / the bus / the bank / the road / the airport / the metro / the train / the subway …. 

other places
a / the / this / that / my … restaurant / cafe / place / building / school ….

I went to the bank and…. – I went to a place to do some money things
I went to a bank and…. – I went to one bank 

Pronunciation

stories – “stor reez”

stores – “storz” 

wrong – “rong”
eg. he was wrong

if we have too many people, we can’t have good lives.