VIP Class Notes (Lily)[R]

Homework

do a writing using the words we learned today

Pronunciation

he- heeeee
she= sheeeee

question= ques 肾

Grammar

I haven’t + (past past tense)  过
I haven’t seen Judy for 2 days
I haven’t been to Japan.

I haven’t set up a schedule to interview them. 
I haven’t cooked dinner to amaze them.

I have had dinner= 我吃过晚饭了
I ate my dinner= 我吃了晚饭了

do you eat dinner? =你吃晚饭吗?
did you eat dinner? = 你吃了晚饭吗?

Vocabulary

1. take advantage of sth= 占XX便宜 利用XX
ex: he took advantage of my connections.
ex: did he take advantage of you?

2. abuse= 滥用
ex: He abused his authority and ..

3. interviewer= 面试官
ex: I’m always scared of the interviewer.

4. involve (verb)= include
ex: This powerpoint will involve four main ideas.

5. labour= 人工
ex: child labour= 童工
ex: The labour cost is cheaper in China compared to America.

6. disposable= 可抛弃的 一次性的
ex: Doctors need to wear disposable gloves when they perform a surgery.
ex: The water bottle is disposable.

7. replaceable= 可被替换的
irreplaceable= cannot be exchanged
ex: Iphone is irreplaceable.
ex: you will be easily replaceable in the company if you don’t work hard.

8. headquarter =总部
ex: Our headquarter is in XiaMen.

Reading

There’s nothing quite like new clothes, is there? The UK certainly loves them. According to a report by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), the UK consumes five times more clothes today than it did in the 1980s. That’s more than any other nation in Europe and amounts to around 26.7kgs per person. This results in 235 million garments going to landfill – victims of fast fashion.

Fast fashion is defined as “an accelerated fashion business model” involving “increased numbers of new fashion collections every year”, “quick turnarounds” and “lower prices”, according to the EAC. Globalisation means that attire is made in countries where labour is cheaper. This saving is passed on to consumers, who then consider the garb they own disposable– easily replaceable with something more on-trend. And that creates problems.