VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Today we focused on:

passive focus:
1 – a / the for nouns
2 – keep the time!!
3 – change the verb for passive

Writing exercise

By the time of the Chinese national holiday I have seen the best movie I’ve ever seen, from my birth til now. Guess what?! It is called The Captain. I’ve been crying from the beginning to the end.

It is a kind of hero story which is about Captain Liu who is very strong and brave and he saved 128 people from a big storm. You might think that is pretty scary but it actually is moving. When the windshield breaks into pieces and gets inside the engine the co-pilot Xu Rui Chen has been blown away into the air but luckily he was stuck between the window frame. Captain Liu is very astonished but suddenly knows what to do. He lets the plane get up as fast as he can with his left hand, and pulls the copilot’s belt with the right hand while the others don’t know what is happening right now. But then, the door has been blown open by the wind which is actually very strong so another captain knows what is happening and he blasts off to take the oxygen masks for them and the two captains help the copilot on his seat and fasten their seat belts so none of them will be blown away again. But, just right after that, they’re facing something challenging again and it is much more dangerous. They are going to get through an enormous storm. Don’t you know what’s that’s like? It’s like getting in some grinding machine. So once you go in there’s no way going back. But he’s very wise so has a brilliant plan.

Want to know more about it? Why don’t you go to cinema and watch?

Anyway, at least it is very realistic and you will feel like wearing a VR and you are one of the captains or crew members. The thing I remember what they’ve said is that you must respect for life. Respect for duty. And respect for regulation. This is also what my dad used to say!

During the Chinese national holiday I saw the best movie I’ve ever seen, from my birth til now, and it was so emotional that I was crying from the beginning to the end. Guess what?! It is called The Captain.

It is a kind of hero story which is about Captain Liu who is a very strong and brave pilot who saved 128 passengers and crew from a big storm during a flight. You might think that is pretty scary but it actually is extremely moving. When the windshield breaks into pieces and gets inside the engine, the co-pilot Xu Rui Chen is blown away into the air, but luckily he gets stuck between the window frame. Captain Liu is astonished but suddenly knows what to do. He makes the plane climb as fast as he can with his left hand, and pulls the co-pilot’s belt with his right hand while the others don’t know what is happening. But then, the door is blown open by the wind which is actually very strong, which alerts another captain to what is happening and he rushes to get the oxygen masks for the 3 of them and the two captains help the copilot to his seat and they fasten their seat belts so none of them will be blown away again. Within minutes, they’re facing yet another challenge and it is much more dangerous this time. They are about to go through an enormous storm. Do you have any idea what that’s like? It’s like getting inside a huge grinding machine. So, once you are in, there’s no way back. Captain Liu though, has a plan that is simply brilliant. 

Want to know more about it? Why don’t you go to cinema and watch it?

Anyway, at least it is very realistic and you will feel like you are wearing a VR headset and you are one of the captains or crew members. What I learned from them is that you must have respect for life, respect for duty, and respect for regulations. This is also what my dad used to say!


subtitles – zi mu

I hug you
I respect for you
I respect for life

I have respect for you.
I respect you. 
I respect for you.

climb / ascend < > descend – a plane going up or down

autopilot – the system on a plane that lets it fly by itself

do you know…? – maybe they know, maybe not
don’t you know…? – you think they should know