VIP Class Notes (Kyle) [S]

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Write a review of this movie, Green Book. Who are the characters? Describe their personalities and attitudes. Write 4-12 complete sentences.

Speaking exercise

Do you think that places can have very different cultures? Why ? Of course, have. = Chinglish

Of course, they do. Everywhere is different… Its a problem that I think is very natural. I dont know what words should I said.

This is a very common issue. We have many differences across cultures, but I don’t know how to explain them all!

I don’t know how to explain it in English! = I cannot say / I am not sure how to Say.

” Different water makes different people ” “People growing up in different places, generally have a different education / attitude / view of the world/ worldview. 

attitude = tai do

postive +

negative –

example. Having a nice attitude which attract nice people. Having a negative attitude will attract negative people.

What is the attitude mostly have yourself about life? I want to be positive. When there are too many obstacles it can make me negative. Eat good food…—> When I want to improve my attitude, I choose to eat my favorite foods/take myself out for a nice meal.

To make myself feel better –  to improve my attitude about life/yourself/something

to be cheated financially – to lose money unfairly, without reason.

Recently, I signed up for a class and I want to study how to bake cookies but after I spent my money, the company disappeared. Then, I discovered that about 300 people had the same experience as me. I am waiting to hear back from the Police and the Court System, because they are looking for more evidence of this scam. This was my first experience in  criminal activity.

a scam – to cheat someone out of money, steal other’s money unfairly, a false program, criminal activity, does something illegal and people are sad. Three-thousand Five Hundred.

we signed a contract – to have an agreement with someone on paper

false sense of security – to think you are safe in an agreement, but its just writing on paper.

There is a lot of security in China and a lot of regulations but not everything works efficiently. The rental agency was very trusting and efficient, even though the arrangements were risky. I don’t like contracts. For example, having a contract with your work/the company you work for is common and useful.

I hope the Police can bring justice / arrest the criminals…

to bring justice – to allow the law to be followed / enforced

If the police can confirm this case then the police will arrest them, and I have a chance to be redeemed.

If…….. then ……. —> used for expressing an order of operations

idea: Redemption, to redeem, to be redeemed – to come back from a bad situation, … You lose one day, but then you win the next day. 

jail — jay uhl. If the police find the criminals, then they will go to jail/prison for 10 years.

ITS TOO EXPENSIVE ! 

Do you need to leave? Do you have somewhere to be? Are you in a hurry?

No, I can stay. I don’t have anywhere to be soon. And No, I am not in a hurry.

to be (v) in a hurry – I am in a hurry

These two guys have very different personalities, during this time period in America, there was a lot of racism, but these two guys chose to work together. This movie is about their relationship traveling across the American South during the 1950s or 1960s.

The white actor’s name is Viggo Mortensen and he played the main character Aragorn in Lord of the Rings. Fantasy movie about elves/orcs/humans.


Needs more review

Foreigners think that Chinese women all have small eyes and thin face just like HuaMuLan, because I have also seen many models also like this. Other provinces think that Shanghainese men is stingy and good at housework. My colleagues have dated many Shanghainese girls, some of them do housework, some do not.

My colleague has told me that he doesn’t like Anhuinese because he saw many bad news from the newspaper. When I look up informations on Weibo, it’s often that if someone steals some things, there will be comments like “that must be an anhuinese”. When I see this kind of news, I don’t know what to say/ how to react.

I’m working in Shanghai now, if I have a boyfriend, and he’s from other province, not Shanghai, where should we go in the future if we were to encounter some with some family problemsTo me, I think most mothers-in-law are not kind, I think they are usually very serious, and do not like me. 

plural – many of them

singular – one of them

Is this a different perspective from your country? No, because in other countries, we also have differences between regions. 

it just depends on where you are from –