VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

subtitles: words shown at the bottom of the screen 字幕

publish: make information available to the public 公布；出版；发表

eg. The names of the winners of the competition will be published in June.

reporters: a person whose job is to report events 记者

eg. The reporters arrived early to cover the results of the hearing.

leisure: time you have when you are not working 空闲，闲暇，休闲

eg What do you do in your leisure time?

eg. I don’t have much time to pursue any leisure activities.

comfort: a good feeling you have of being relaxed 舒适；舒服

eg. He wanted a job that would allow him to keep his family in comfort.

eg. Since I got a job, I’ve been living in relative comfort.

attraction: something that makes you want to go to a place or do something 吸引（力）, 有吸引力的事物

eg. tourist attractions

eg. Skiing holds no attraction for me.

mental illness: a sickness that affects the mind 精神病

impulse: a sudden strong desire to do something 冲动

eg. People with no impulse control cannot control their addictive behaviour.

accumulate: to collect a large number of things over a long period of time 积累；积聚；积攒

eg. We’ve accumulated so much rubbish over the years.

eg. As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.

seek – sought (past tense): to try to find or get something 寻找

eg. Are you actively seeking jobs?

eg. Legal advice should be sought before you take any further action.

anxiety: a feeling of extreme worry and nervousness 焦虑

eg. Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.

Grammar

I think I’m good at to planning the event – I’m good at planning events 

transport – translate 

don’t often – not often

Yesterday we just finished the event which is organise many media. We meet 18 medias. We hope they send an article for us. But, the article is we write first and we send them. They can put out the article after the event. There are just 20 people, including 18 media. It was a private event but all of the media are famous.

The reason why I can’t attend the last class is I have to meet a foreign client. I need to transport for my boss. He is from Croatia but, he speak very slow so I can understand. I think it is useful that I can practice in a real situation. On weekend, I went to the Xian Museum. There are two parts: one is about new media, another is about paintings. I prefer paintings because I like classic arts.

Revised: 

Yesterday, we just organised and attended an event which is organise has many media companies that attended. We meet invited 18 media companies. We hope that they will send publish an article for us. But, we wrote the article is we write first and we sent it to them. They can put out publish the article after the event. There are were just 20 people, including 18 media reporters. It was a private event but all of the media companies are famous.

The reason why I can’t couldn’t attend the last class is was because I had to meet a foreign client. I needed to transport translate for my boss. The client is/He is from Croatia but, he spoke very slowly so I could understand. I think it is useful good that I can practice in a real situation/in real life/at work. On the weekend, I went to the Xian Museum. There are two parts: one is about the new media, another is about paintings. I prefer paintings because I like classical arts.