VIP Class Notes (Lily)[S]

Homework

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndoEuropean_languages
https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%8D%B0%E6%AC%A7%E8%AF%AD%E7%B3%BB

Grammar

if I was a boy– > If I were a boy
If I were a billionaire $, I would buy a big house for my family.

Vocabulary

1. sacrifice= give up 牺牲
ex: when you have a baby, you have to sacrifice a lot of time for her.
ex: When you decide to get married, you have to sacrifice a lot of things.

2. give up on= 放弃 gave up on放弃了
ex: I gave up on piano when I was 16 years old.
ex: I really like dancing, but I gave up (on dancing) 10 years ago.

3. stuck= 卡在 卡住
ex: I am stuck in the traffic. 我堵在路上
ex: The ring is stuck, I can’t get it out.

4. hesitate= to think about 犹豫
ex: Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
ex: He asked me to date him, but I’m hesitating.
ex: Someone asked me to lend money to him, I hesitated.

5. skewers= 串串🍢
ex: I really like lamb skewers.
ex: Let’s go eat BBQ skewers.

6. plastic surgery= 整容 face makeover
ex: Due to the car accident, she couldn’t even do plastic surgery.

Speaking exercise

On my way to company, I saw a young girl walking in front of me. I saw her dress was stuck in her bag. I just considering if I would tell her about it, and another girl walked beside her and she told her this thing, and it really touched me. I think I should not have any doubts.

Revised

On my way to work, I saw a young girl walking in front of me. I saw her dress was stuck in her bag. I was considering if I should tell her about it when another girl walked by her and she told her about it, and it really touched me. I shouldn’t have any doubts/ I shouldn’t have hesitated.