VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

Pick an article from the site, choose level 4, read it and summarise the article in your own words.

Focus on making simple sentences with correct grammar.

Vocabulary

interview – to ask questions formally

eg. The journalist interviewed many people living in that area before he wrote that article.

go/went bankrupt/out of business/go under  

a business/bank went bankrupt

commit suicide/to kill himself

resign – to leave a company on your part

eg. My colleague resigned because he had to move to another place.

ruin sbd’s lives – destroy a person’s life so it’s horrible for them to live

eg. Sarah’s life was ruined after her husband left her.

break – into 2 parts (objects)

eg. break wood/glass/furniture

comment on sth – say something about an issue

savings – money saved

eg. She has savings in the bank.

Grammar

because of/due to…. + result 

ex. Because of his behaviour, the whole class ended up cancelling the school trip.

ex. Due to the amount of debt the company has, the employees have been let go of starting from tomorrow.

positive/negative effect on + noun 

ex. Spending all day on the computer has a negative effect on young kids.

The article write detail to everyone.

They share how they feeling of this situation.

The other person in article have 64 old woman. She is a retired teacher from school and she saving many money in the bank account. This woman, she want to withdraw the money, but many people have same demand, but they didn’t achieve goal so they attend a group to protest the issue. Even now, no any governor official represent so they just keep the activity.

Revised: 

Everyone’s detail is included/written down in the article.   

They share how they feel about this situation.

Another person in the article is a 64 years old woman. She is a retired teacher from school and she saved a lot of money/has a lot of savings in the bank account. The woman wanted to withdraw her money, but many other people have the same demand, but they couldn’t get what they want so they attended a group to protest this issue. Even now, none of the government officials showed up/responded so they just continue protesting. 

The news is about a big bank in India collapsed that made negative influence for all depositors, a man even committed suicide by himself. The bank advantage is higher interest rates on fixed deposits, which is a popular saving instrument that attracted many depositors to save money in the bank accounts. The major depositors are the middle class and working-class families, the situation made their lives broken, so they have protest activity for at least one year. But until now no any government officials say anything about the issue, the poor people only could keep the protest activity, the man who committed suicide is Raunak Modi, he deposited all his money on 20 September, 2019, nothing could get this year. The man only 24 years old, he wanted to start his business to support his own family lives, on account of this accident, his bright future missed, he didn’t accept the poor situation, that he chose to kill himself.

Revised: 

The news is about a big bank in India that went bankrupt/went out of business/went under and it had a negative effect on all depositors, a man even committed suicide by himself. The bank’s advantage was higher interest rates on fixed deposits, which is a popular saving instrument that attracted many depositors to save money in the bank accounts. The major depositors are the middle class and working-class families, the situation ruined their lives, so they have protested for at least one year. But, until now, any none of the government officials have said anything about/commented on about the issue. As such/as a result, poor people could only continue protesting. The man who committed suicide is Raunak Modi, he deposited all his money on 20 September, 2019 and he got nothing back this year. The man is only 24 years old, he wanted to start a business to support his own family lives. Because of/Due to this incident, his bright future disappeared, he didn’t accept his poor situation/couldn’t accept the truth so he chose to kill himself.