VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/W]

Pronunciation

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Vocabulary

1.DIY= Do It Yourself
ex: I want to DIY a mug.

2. dye= 染
ex: I dyed my hair yesterday

3. throw up =呕吐
threw up
ex: he threw up after trying it.

4. have a bite = 吃一口
ex: Can I have a bite of your burger?
ex: I had a bite of the cake because I didn’t want to eat too much.

5. have a sip =嗦一口 喝一口
ex: Can I have a sip please? I want to try yours.
ex: I really like to have a sip of other people’s drink.

6. stinky breath= 口臭
ex: She has stinky breath so I don’t like it when she wants a sip of my drink.

7. morning breath= 早间的口臭
ex: Your husband has morning breath.
ex: Everyone has morning breath, so I don’t like to kiss in the morning.

8. ego= 自尊心
ex: she has a big ego, so I can’t say no to her.
ex: Most celebrities 明星 have a big ego because they want to look good for the audiences.

9. complicated (adj) = 复杂的
ex: It’s a complicated matter, I’ll explain the details later.

10. recognize (verb)= 认可 认出来
ex: You had your mask on, I couldn’t recognize you.
ex: We should be recognized by our colleagues.

11. underestimate= 低估 小看
overestimate = 高估
ex: My father underestimated my ability to find a boyfriend/ to study.
ex: I overestimated myself to take the exam without preparation.

Speaking exercise

In our family, children are always underestimated from their parents, especially our father. I have a brother and a sister, I am the oldest among them. I am the one to enter public university in our university. When my brother was learning in the last year of high school, he went to join the army. So I asked him “why do you want to join the army and go far away.” He said he doesn’t want to study anymore.

Writing exercise

I bought a durian on the app and shared with my mother yesterday. Although I usually eat pineapple, strawberry, blueberry, but I think durian is the best fruit in summer. I was so luck because there were eight 果肉 I got from that. When I cut the durian, the house was filled with the particular smell. Due to it is the tropical fruit, so we can’t eat much on the one day. The interesting thing is the women of our family like durian so much, the men is contrary. My husband vomited呕吐 when he first time tried to eat it. After that, he will have a headache as soon as he smells it.

Revised

I bought a durian on the app and shared with my mother yesterday. Although I usually eat pineapples, strawberries, blueberries, but I think durian is the best fruit in summer. I was so lucky because there were eight pulps I got from that. When I cut the durian, the house was filled with the particular smell. Since/As it is a tropical fruit, so we can’t eat too much in one day. The interesting thing is that the women of our family like durian so much, but the men of the household don’t like it. My husband vomited呕吐 when he  (first) tried to eat it for the first time. After that, he will have a headache when he smells it.