VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

trailer / teaser / preview 

they have their profession on teaching their expertise is in teaching 

have connections / contacts in the industry

part and parcel – all part of sth / makes a complete thing
eg. it’s all part and parcel of a healthy life

i still have something to offer – i want to continue giving what I have to this job / industry

VC – venture capitalist – an investor

released / out 
eg. the movie is out until next week = it’s available to watch at the movies

blockbuster – very popular / big / expensive movie / a hit / a smash hit
eg. i went to see a blockbuster movie

it failed at the box office / it crashed at the box office 

distress
de-stress 

to recommend sth to sb 

somehow = a way that you don’t know / understand
eg. he somehow made the jump from that platform to the other = you don’t know how he did it

Grammar

how to do workouthow to workout / how to do a workout 

most of peoplemost people 

everyone
something
most things
most people

they have to get trainings they have to get trained / have training sessions 

Writing exercise

I often go to see movies, which really makes me relax and reflect on what’s truly meaningful in our life. Many of my friends recommend me new “Bumblebee†recently and this movie is hit at the box office. However, I thought it would be just a sequel after sequels with each one somehow getting worse and this new Bumblebee film would just be more of the same. But in actuality, it’s the complete opposite and beyond my expectation. There are still giant metal fights in the transformers sequel, but the new film focus on Charlie and her relationship Bumblebee. bumblebee is more like a human being. This is so compelling. I would say it’s the best transformers film ever

I often go to see movies / I often go to the movies, which really makes me relax / which really de-stresses me / allows me to relax and reflect on what’s truly meaningful in my life / makes me ponder the meaning of my life. Many / a bunch of my friends recommended me a new (blockbuster) film named / called “Bumblebee†recently and this movie is a hit at the box office. However, I thought it would / expected it to / was thinking it would be just yet another bad sequel / a sequel after sequels with each one somehow getting worse and this new Bumblebee film would just be more of the same. But in actuality, it was the complete opposite and beyond my expectations / it blew me away . There are still giant metal fights in the transformers sequel, but the new film focuses on Charlie and her relationship Bumblebee. Bumblebee is more like a human being which is so compelling. I would say it’s the best transformers film ever.