VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

the relationship is rocky –  unstable 

theory exam – only writing

practical exam – not speaking or writing exam

I accompanied my husband there

tools – equipment you can use to repair something

I wait for my husband to pick me up 

dilate pupils – to become wider

dilute (solution/juice etc) – make a liquid weaker by mixing other things

catch up – get together with friends to keep up to date with your lives

Grammar

subject – verb – object 

I/She/It/My son – thinks  -noun/another point of the sentence

the – singular/plural/specific 

ex. The medical course that I studied.

ex. I have a dog. The dog’s name is orange.  – when you introduce something for the first time, then it’s “a”, if you start the next sentence with it then “the”

ex. The United States/The United Kingdom/The Netherlands

a/an – singular/general 

ex. That’s a cat

ex. This is a new computer.

no article – plural/general 

ex. I think medical courses are difficult to study.

ex. Many cars on the street are white.

ex. I can see children coming out from the park.

I have part of foreigner patients but not many.

Others I don’t know how to communicate, to express well.

I always travel with my family and carry my son, my little boy. For most of time, we just travel by not in a group by our own family to rent a car and just stay several weekends there. Also send my little boy to the camp there.

My son didn’t study in a international school, he goes to local school so I want to help him improve his ability.

Maybe they can’t fully understand each other but they can play with each other.

Our families have the plan to move abroad. My husband want to change his job to there. I realised I need to improve my English. I haven’t used it for many years. The writing I think for me is okay. But, when I speak there’s lots of grammar problems.

I want to maybe study abroad again and study to be a GP. It’s a theory test and when you pass that you can attend the clinical.

I think for the medical courses it takes too long to finish them. For me in China, I already 12 years for my whole education course.

I think a lot of friends around me it might be getting worse not getting better.

Revised: 

I have some foreign patients but not too many/Some of my patients are foreigners. 

For other topics, I will struggle/find it hard to communicate or express well.

I always travel with my family and take my little son with us. Most of the time, we just travel by ourself/freely and we rent a car and just stay several weekends at a place. We also send my little boy to the camp there.

My son doesn’t study in an international school so he goes to a local school so I want to help him improve his (English) ability.

Maybe they can’t fully understand each other but they can play with each other.

Our families have a plan to move abroad. My husband wants to change his job to there. I realised that I need to improve my English. I haven’t used it for many years. I think my writing is okay. But, when I speak, there’s lots of grammar problems.

I want to maybe study abroad again to become a GP. It’s a theory test and when you pass that you can attend the clinical/practical test

I think for the medical courses it takes too long to finish them. For me in China, I already spent 12 years for my whole education. 

A lot of /Many of my friends think that (COVID-19) it might be getting worse not getting better.

Pronunciation

barrista – bah-ris-tah