VIP Class Notes (Lily)

Vocabulary

1.chores (noun)= housework
ex: I don’t like to do chores.
ex: I have lots of chores to do everyday.

2. choir (noun)= kuai er 合唱团
ex: in choir class, we have to sing.

3. elementary school= primary school 小学
ex: in elementary school, I joined the choir and we sang at the ceremony.

4. elective= 选修课
ex: You can choose choir class as an elective.

5. relatives= 亲戚
ex: The relatives were already at the house.

6. custom=习俗
ex: he slept on a wooden door, it’s a custom.

7. absent (adj)= 缺席
ex: I was absent that day because my grandfather passed away.

8. memorize (verb)= 背诵
memorisation (noun)
ex: The teacher told us to memorise the whole lesson.

9. fresh graduate= 刚毕业的
ex: you look like a fresh graduate.

10. reject the offer= say no to the job
ex: I rejected the offer because I didn’t want to go to HZ.

11. for good= 一直
ex: I’m living in SH for good.
ex: Fiona, I’ll be going back to Canada for good.

12. light food= 清淡的食物
heavy food= 重口味的吃的
ex: I like to eat light food because I’m on a diet.
ex: the food is too heavy, I’ll pass.

Speaking exercise

My husband wants me to go to HZ with him, because his boss in order to keep him stay in HZ, so his boss wants me to enjoy the company, but I don’t want to work in the company. I don’t like HZ because it’s a developing city in SH, so lots of just educated, there is not a good development, because there are many new buildings.

Revised

My husband wants me to go to HZ with him, in order to keep him to stay in HZ, his boss invited me to work in the company, but I don’t want to work in the company. I don’t like HZ because it’s a developing city, so there are lots of fresh graduates, there is not a good development, because there are many new buildings.

Grammar

every once in a while= 每隔一段时间
ex: Every once in a while, I would change my sheets.

Writing exercise

I don’t like doing housework. I’ve never clean floor or kitchen surfaces because my hands smell weird after that. So I employed a nanny to help us to clean floor, furniture, kitchen and bathroom. But I like to make house orderly整齐. I threw away medicine, cloths and expired food过期零食for a while每隔一段时间。When I was a child, parents always clean room for me, so I didn’t develop a good habit in my childhood. I had used machine for cleaning floor, but it couldn’t do well.

Revised

I don’t like doing housework/ chores. I’ve never cleaned the floor or kitchen surfaces because my hands smell weird after that. So I employed/hired a nanny to help us to clean the floor, furnitures, kitchen and bathrooms. But I like it neat at home. I throw away old/overdue medicines, clothes and expired food/snacks过期零食every once in a while。When I was a child, my parents always cleaned my room for me, so I didn’t develop a good habit/a habit of cleaning after myself . I had tried using the vacuum/ vacuum robot for cleaning the floor, but it didn’t work well.