VIP Class Notes (Kyle) (S)

Write a short story about your life everyday. Use the Simple past and present.

New vocab: attitude, energy, personality,  approach, focus, environment, space, creative, constructive, relax<—->hard work 

How much do you love do to painting, why ?

I don’t know why but painting can make me feel peace. And I can be quiet in my heart…..Meditation a little. Most important reason is can make my heart feel quite happy.   I don’t know the reasons for me but I have do this for 12 years.

What is your future to do with painting? 

This question I also to have not think much more but I think its OK for me, my special have the quality more quality so I think for me life Its ok…. I have a degree from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts... My specialty is from Xinjiang wall painting. The art in Xi’an is not modern. A little old. —> Art in Xian in very old. Recently, modern art has come to Xi’an.

1. Xi’an is a place. It is your home and one of the traditional centers of Chinese culture, and therefore, art.
2. Modern art is a new concept. Modern = new, xian dai.

Vocabulary

specialty / specialization / focus = 

My specialty is in the style Xinjiang wall painting. —–> “XWP” . = we call this an abbreviation (short name)  

a Mural =  very large wall painting.

from different backgrounds ( teachers, artists, young professionals)

My art students come from different backgrounds.

not self-employed —–> work at the University –> Shanghai University, Academy of Fine Arts 

Are you self-employed? No, my employer is the Shanghai University Academy of Fine Arts ?

Jesse is self-employed (adjective)

Jesse is your / my / our employer.

Lovely – ke ai de

Grammar

Are you tired today?

to be tired (adjective) 

Life in Shanghai is tiring (verb) —->

It (my work, Subject) makes (verb) you (object, noun) tired (adjective)  = Subject + Verb + Object

example. Work makes me tired. 

to stay the same – it has not changed

The artistic materials that we use in “XWP” have stayed the same since the 3rd Century.

Pronunciation

wall  — > WA LL. (sound of the L / R) …… wall / while / will / we will and we’ll / well