VIP Class Notes (Joe)
Next Class Focus
We need to practice more verbs that relate to deception, such as ‘lie’, ‘cheat’ and ‘defraud’.
Today we focused on:
We watched part of the movie Catch Me If You Can and discussed the verbs ‘fake’ and ‘pretend’.
Homework
Vocabulary
A personal day – a day off when you have to deal with a personal issue
I’m taking a personal day because my mother is sick
A sick day – a day off because you are sick
I took 2 sick days last month because I had a cold
Annual leave – yearly holiday time
I took 3 days of annual leave for Spring festival and 4 days of annual leave for Christmas.
Pretend (verb) – 假装
The boy pretended he was a policeman
Found out (adverbial phrase) – 暴露
He was found out for pretending to be a policeman
see through someone’s lie (expression) – 揭开谎言
They saw through his lie when he pretended to be a lawyer
expel (verb) – to push out
The boy was expelled from school for pretending to be a teacher
Dropped out (adverbial phrase) – to decide not to go to school
Steve Jobbs dropped out of Harvard
Grammar
He pretends being a doctor
He pretends he is a doctor
He is pretending he is a doctor
He faked to be a lawyer
He faked being a lawyer
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