VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/R]

Reading “All About Sleep”

Vocabulary

nationwide – across the country

ex. The promotions are available nationwide.

ex. He owns a nationwide chain of restaurants.

moan – to complain in an unhappy voice

ex. The kids always moan in the morning when they get woken up by the alarm.

sleep-deprived – lack of sleep

ex. He complained that he’s been sleep-deprived for the past few weeks.

adequate – enough

ex. Adequate sleep is necessary if you want to increase your overall performance.

concentrate – focus and alert

ex. I can concentrate better if I get a good night’s sleep.

attempt – try to do sth

ex. The students attempted to skip swimming class by not bringing in their swimsuits.

convince – persuade

ex. It took much time to convince the judges that he is the most promising musician.

ex. Her performance today was extremely convincing, everyone cheered at the end.

alert – awake and aware of your environment

ex. It’s hard to stay alert on the road if you have been driving for more than 2 hours.

maximum/minimum age of each group (for matches/competitions)

5 or 6 of us will discuss this problem and the examiner will write down a few things.

I don’t know yet if I will get to join the club.

One is for student who is study in junior high school and primary school and is for students studying in high school.

Because I am smaller than the line of each age group. I think the second test is very difficult. I think the other test is easier for me.

At first, it was face-to-face but because of the virus it change to online and now it’s still online.

I think it’s quite truth because sometimes we’ll have 10 classes a day and we’ll stay in school until 7 o’clock and sometimes teacher will have an exam in the last class and every time we have exam I will get very sleepy when I do the exam and it makes me solve the problem very slowly.

Revised: 

5 or 6 of us will discuss this problem and the examiner will observe and evaluate/record our performance. 

I don’t know yet if/It hasn’t been confirmed whether I will get to join the club.

One group is for students who are studying in junior high school and primary school and the other group is for students who are studying in high school.

Because I am younger than the maximum age of each group. I think the second test/under 18s test is very difficult. But, I think the other test/under 15s is easier for me.

At first, it was face-to-face but because of the virus it changed to online classes and now the classes remain online.

I think it’s quite true because sometimes we’ll have 10 classes a day and we’ll stay in school until 7 o’clock. Other times, the teacher will give us an exam during the last class. Every time we have an exam I will get very sleepy so when I take the exam, I will solve the problem very slowly.

Pronunciation

convince – con-vins

energetic – aner-jeh-tik