VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

misunderstand – to not understand what someone is trying to communicate

ex. It’s easy for people to have misunderstandings if they communicate over voice messages.

rewind – to go backwards

ex. I don’t like voice messages because you can’t rewind.

voice message – via speaking

look up – search

ex. If I don’t know something I will look it up online.

knock on my door –

carbohydrates – food including rice, noodles, bread, pasta

metabolism – the rate that your body burns calories

ex. metabolism increase/decrease

fasting – to not have any food or drink for some time

ex. I heard that fasting is a popular way of losing weight these days.

muscles increase/decrease in size/shrink – become less

Grammar

n + ing = activity 

text (words)  – > texting (activity)

message -> messaging

send a message/text

I am messaging/texting

Yes, because I found if you don’t eat more meat, your muscle will get small

Yes, because I found out that if you don’t eat more meat, your muscles will decrease in size 

But, if you can’t eat more meat, the muscle will decrease, it’s bad

But, if you can’t eat more meat then your muscles will decrease/shrink 

I just eat more vegetables, but my trainer suggest me to eat more meat

I usually eat more vegetables, but my trainer suggested that I eat more meat

The two days I just drink water. Then I begin to eat more food.

For two days, I only drank water. Then, after those days I started to eat a lot. 

This morning, I looked a topic”texting or talking” on social media. I prefer text, I also don’t like people send any phonetic message to me on WeChat. Firstly, compare with phonetic message, I think text can let me to get information quickly. Secondly, when I am in public place, such as on a subway or in an office, if I don’t wear a headphone, it’s inconvenient to listen a phonetic message. And I think, text message is also privacy. Finally, I think listening a phonetic message，It’s easy to miss some important information. However, text message also have some weakness.for example, we always speak with melody and intonation, but text is not emotional. I always read the text message with my own emotion，so sometime we will mistake about others.

Revised: 

This morning, I looked up a topic on social media titled, “texting or talking”. I prefer texting, I also don’t like it when people send any voice messages to me on WeChat. First, compared with voice messages, I think texting can allow me to receive information quickly. Secondly, when I am in a public place, such as on a subway or in an office, if I don’t wear headphones, it’s inconvenient to listen to a voice message. And I think, text messaging is more private. Finally, I think listening to a voice message, makes it easier to miss some important information. However, text messages also have some weaknesses, for example, we always speak with some intonation, but in text, it is not emotional. I always read the text message with my own emotions, so sometimes we will have a misunderstanding.