VIP Class Notes (Nicholas) [S]

Re-read your speaking section.

If you have time, write 4-5 sentences using today’s vocabulary perhaps about depression.

Vocabulary

depression – 萧条 – deep sadness

e.g. If I am feeling depressed, and then I listen to sad music, I will feel more depressed.

clinical depression – this is depression where you need a doctor to give you medicine – you need a doctor’s help

seasonal depression – you don’t need a doctor’s help – most people get season depression when the seasons change from fall to winter

e.g. If there is no sun outside, I will get seasonal depression.

e.g. If you have clinical depression, you should see a doctor.

e.g. If you have seasonal depression, you probably need to take a vacation and get some sunshine.

“I’m feeling down” = I’m feeling bad = I’m feeling sad

investigate – 调查 – to search for the answer

e.g. The study investigated why sad people listen to sad music.

“according to…(a small study/this person/this school)” – this person said this…

e.g. According to Leslie, his new company will send him to Italy.

e.g. According to the study, sad people like sad music because it makes them not feel down.

mature – 成熟

e.g. Leslie is only 25 years old but he is very mature for his age.

e.g. The market in China is much more mature today than it was in 1990.

the market = similar to “the economy”

wealthy – rich

e.g. One day, Leslie will be a wealthy man.

long term care insurance – if I need to live in a “nursing home” or retirement home, this insurance pays for it

e.g. Many American buys long term care insurance because they will not live with their children when they are old, like they do in China.

economy – 经济

e.g. The USA still has the largest economy in the world, but soon China will have the world’s largest economy.

exploit / take advantage of / 利用

e.g. Jack Ma learned from American technology and then exploited technology here in China.

Pronunciation

the / NOT DA / tongue in-between teeth

during / DER-RING

limited / LIM-IH-TID

mature / MUH-CHUR

Grammar

Good idea + BUT + bad idea

They not have = They don’t have

To check my grammar, I always ask myself questions in each sentence.

e.g. Life was very simple in 1981 and life now is very hard.

90% of the time, you don’t need to say the word “THE”

e.g. The government is big.

e.g. The human race is big.

“Don’t say THE”…Take away THE and make the NOUN plural.

e.g. The person in China is very rich. People in China are very rich.

e.g. The man always wants to drink. Men always want to drink

Original

Drink alcohol or…maybe you need going to outside – breathe the fresh air…Sometimes for my work…so I want to the success in my work always not very well. No it’s very hard I think – in this these days – because I think maybe last centuries is not have internet, they not have the – they very simple in the 1981 and now is very hard. Because I think in 1991 more and more people, the China – the economy, revolution , the change in this times, but now is the level/stays the the same.

Corrected

When I am depressed I will usually drink alcohol or…maybe you need to go outside – breathe the fresh air…Sometimes I get depressed because of my work…so I want to succeed in my work but it doesn’t always go well. Now it’s very hard to move up in life these days – because I think maybe in the last century they didn’t have internet, they didn’t have other technologies  – they were very simple in the 1981 and now life is very hard. Because I think in 1991 more and more people, the China – the economy, revolution , the times were changing/everything was changing, but now things are level/stay the the same.

90% of the time in conversation, use the PAST TENSE.

e.g. He went to America. He came back to China.

Original

I think it’s two points for Jack Ma – the one point is the China, the internet, in the 1990s is nothing, he is not first but he is very early to – you know he goes to americas to see the internet to see what is Ebay – then he come back tot the China – he had the new ideas but now the internet is the very mature. So the chance is small for the young people. Of course young people aha the chance – they do most app in the cell phone but just small/just a little bit success. American informations – in 1994 – the Chinese information was very limited and you could exploit it.

Corrected

When it comes to Jack Ma, I think there are two points to make/there are two points here – the first point is that in China during the 90s the internet was nothing, he was not first but he was very early to the internet market – you know he went to America to see the internet to see what is Ebay – then he came back to the China – he had the new ideas but now the internet is the very mature. So the chances are small for the young people. Of course young people have a chance – they use many apps on cell phones but this brings them just a little bit success. In America in the 90s there was lots of information, and there was limited information in China, so you could exploit it.

People with depression listen to sad music because it makes them feel better, according to a small study that is one of the first to investigate why people turn to tearjerkers when they’re already down.