VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

How about you? / What about you? 

大学 – college / university
colleague / coworker– 同事
eg. my colleague went to college

co = together

cooperate / coordinate 

I can’t tell the difference between good and bad coffee / It’s all the same to me.

marital status = if you are married or not
age 
weight = how heavy you are / thin <> fat

clear – take everything off
eg. I will clear the table tonight after dinner

tidy – make everything look nice
eg. I try to tidy my desk after class

clean / wash – make everything clean (gan jing)

reply – hui fu
eg. I will reply to your email later

check – cha / look at
eg. I check my emails every day when I arrive at work

wear – chuan / dai
eg. I wear a ring on my hand and a hat on my head

wash the dishes / do the dishes

dish = plate – pan zi

go out
go to work / go to school 
go home
stay home
eg. I take my son to go to school every Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
eg2. I stay home every Sunday with my mother and I cook a lot of food for her.
eg3. I always go out with my friends on the weekend / on weekends.

my before company / my before teacher – my previous company / my previous teacher 

Grammar

good – adj
well – adv

You dress very well / Angela does nails very well / Lily teaches very well

I am well – formal “I am good” / “I am healthy”
well < > unwell

the = 明显的
eg. how is the coffee? = you know which coffee
eg2. my son entered the contest = you / everyone knows which contest
eg3. the sun is very hot = there is only 1 sun, so you know which one

I like you a lot < > I don’t like you very much
I have lots of money < > I don’t have much money

I have not much money 

Pronunciation

priority – “preye or ri tee”

1 MAY
My mother went shopping with us for the first time after she was ill. She felt not as healthy as before, but she was very happy.

4 MAY
Today is youth day. My son entered for the singing contest. He sang the theme song of the handsome boy, but he didn’t sing it in German. He tried his best, and I’m proud of him.

1 MAY
My mother went shopping with us / We all went shopping and my mother joined us for the first time after she was ill / sick / unwell (for 3 months). She didn’t feel as healthy as before / previously, but she was very happy.

4 MAY
Today is youth day and my son entered a singing contest which I attended / and I attended it. He sang the theme song of The Handsome Boy, but he didn’t sing it in German. He tried his best, and I’m proud of him.