VIP Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]

Vocabulary

1 boring (adj): not interesting无聊， 无趣

ex: This moving is boring. this book is very boring.

He is a boring man.

bored (adj)：无聊,没事做 闲的无聊

I am bored, I have nothing to do

2. addicted to ______ (对某样东西上瘾）

ex: I am / you are/ he is addicted to his phone/ cigarettes, drugs.

ex: I am addicted to you/ your smile.

3. Chinese中文- 1.Mandarin 普通话, 2.Cantonese 广东话

ex: Do you speak Mandarin or Cantonese?

4. dominant= ruling, governing, or controlling

ex: Mandarin is the dominating language in Shanghai.  Shanghainese isn’t the dominating language is Shanghai.

5. linguist = someone who studies or teaches the structure of languages

ex: Many linguists say that Mandarin Chinese will become the new number one language

6. verge = edge, close to

ex: China is on the verge of becoming a new economic superpower

Grammar

today afternoon, we….. –> This afternoon, we……

This morning, this afternoon, tonight

Next morning, next day…

Today is Lantern Festival, we eat sweet dumplings. Afternoon, our company have celebrating party for Lantern Festival, we eat some dumplings, and have other eats. We celebrate in this month some colleague her birthday party in today afternoon. In this party, we are talking about in this year we can do something. In this party, we shared gift for some colleagues, and quickly we finished and go out work. So the party is finished. We take some cakes and have a rest for the meeting and planned the weekend. We can welcome other colleagues to come to office and work and have team building to finish work.

Revised

Today is Lantern Festival, we ate/had sweet dumplings. in the afternoon, our company have celebrated for/ had a celebration for Lantern Festival, we ate some dumplings, and had other snacks. This afternoon, we also celebrated for one of our colleague’s birthday.  In this party, we talked about what we can do for the coming year. In this party, we also exchanged gifts, and we finished quickly and went back to work. So the party was finished. We took some cakes, and had a short break while planning for the weekend. We will welcome other colleagues (non-Shanghainese/ non-local) to come back to the office and work and have a team building.

https://www.english-online.at/society/languages/history-of-languages.htm

Over the past centuries, English has become the dominant world language, mostly because of the British Empire and the rise of the United States as a global political and economic superpower. Many linguists say that Mandarin Chinese will become the new number one language, because it is the mother tongue of over 1 billion people. China is on the verge of becoming a new economic superpower and many international corporations already advise their workers to learn Mandarin.