VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

decorations – putting things around a place or tree to make it look better

ex. Christmas decorations

bells –  a metal object that can make a sound when you move it

I’m not religious – don’t believe in a God

sweets – candy /anything sweet

secret Santa – a Christmas game where you get to buy a gift for sbd and you get given gifts in return

prize cap/limit  – the maximum amount for a product

ex. For Secret Santa, everyone agreed on a gift prize cap at 30 yuan.

order takeout/delivery – wai mai

fry – chao

ex. You need to add a lot of oil to fry a dish.

pan-fry – jian

ex. pan-fry steak/fish

cold dish – not heated

ex. Korean cuisine has many cold dishes.

it is not oily/greasy – full of oil

syrup – liquid sugar

more/less spicy – increase/decrease the spice level

Cantonese cuisine/restaurant/food/dialect  – guangdong

mix – to put/combine things together

Grammar

when making a list:

– trees, decorations and bells

-apples. bananas, watermelon and oranges

“and” always before the last item on the list

singular/plural must agree 

-small gift/it

-small gifts/them

Last week, we went to flowers market, buy some Christmas tree, decorations, bells near my house.

Last week, we went to the flowers market near my house and we bought some Christmas trees, decorations and bells.

There are a lot of decorations at the flowers market. This flowers market is very big and also sell flowers, trees and plants and also sell Christmas decorations.

There are a lot of/many decorations at the flowers market. This flowers market is very big and it also sells flowers, trees, plants and also Christmas decorations.

I like Christmas, but I not believe in God.

I like Christmas, but I do not believe in God/I’m not religious. 

Small gift you can put on the trees, let them to take it.

I bought small gifts that you can put on the trees and my friends can take them.  

We just singing with friends have a Karaoke machine in the house.

We just sing together because there is a Karaoke machine in the house.

You just need to boil some vegetables and some shrimp and put that together.

You just need to boil some vegetables and shrimp and put/mix them together.

If you want lower spicy.

If you want (it) less spicy/decrease the spice level.  

It very close than Taiwan.

The taste is similar/close to the restaurant I tried in Taiwan.

Pronunciation

syrup – see-rup