VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Grammar

ride= 骑
ex: ride a bike
ex: ride a horse

drive= 开车
ex: drive a car
ex: drive a boat

Vocabulary

1.perspective= 观点
ex: everyone has different perspectives. We need to respect others.

2. practical =实用的
ex: This is a very practical advice! Thank yoU!
ex: This microwave is very practical, I can heat up many things.

3. independent (adj)= 独立的
ex: women need to be independent, if they rely on men too much, there will be problems.

4. sponsor= 赞助商
ex: Coca Cola sponsored the soccer game FIFA.

5. host=主持人
ex: There is a funny TW host who claims that Chinese people are poor.
ex: My favourite host is CaiKangYong.

6. sense of direction= 方向感
ex: do you have a good sense of direction? No, I don’t know how to differentiate NSWE.
ex: Most men have better sense of direction because they are men.

7. congee=稀饭
ex: I don’t like to eat plain congee because it’s too bland.
ex: I eat congee everyday for breakfast.

8. wait for (    )= 等(      )
ex: can you wait for me please?
ex: I waited for you for 10 mins.

9. put yourself in other people’s shoes= 站在别人角度想事情
ex: If you put yourself in your husband’s shoes, then maybe you can start to understand.

Speaking exercise

one staff in our office, he work in store. She has a good health and suddenly she lived in hospital and needed head operation. We don’t know what happened for her. She is young, she is only 33 years old. Everything looks ok and she never take much time for sick leave. Her manager visited her yesterday, maybe we should to know what happened. My father have a meal with his friend and his friend all retired. Many people after retire get cancer and body have many sick. Some old people who lived in their age 80-100, they are very healthy. When people retired, many people always go to the hospital. My dad friend they said, “before retire, I never go to the hospital.”

Revised

There is one staff in our office who works in the store. She has a good health and suddenly she lived in the hospital and needed a head/brain operation. We don’t know what happened to her. She is young, she is only 33 years old. Everything looks ok and she never takes much time off for sick leaves. Her manager visited her yesterday, maybe we would know what happened. My father had a gathering with his friend and his friends are all retired. Many people after retire get cancer and body problems after retirement. have many sick. Some old people live until 80-100, they are very healthy. When people retired, many people always go to the hospital. My dad’s friend they said, “before my retirement, I never go to the hospital.”