VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Found 158 – the JZ Club

Pronunciation

nature

nurture

Vocabulary

this begs the question – that means I must ask this question next

Guns, Germs and Steel

visionary / vision – someone who is forward thinking and can see the future

e.g. Steve Jobs was a great visionary in the tech industry.

fond memories / 

we totally get lost – we lost contact – we lost touch

outbreak – when a disease spreads quickly

e.g. I remember the deadly SARS outbreak in 2003.

momentum – start slow, pick up speed – it’s easier to go from 60- 90MPH than from 0-15 MPH.

alone time – time by yourself

“creatures of habit”

Grammar

and wear the earring / and wear earrings

when we are a little girl we cannot change our hair color / when we were little girls we couldn’t change our hair color

we want our kids have / we want our kids to have

keep encourage the curiosity / keep encouraging their curiosity

so maybe my team have to be restructured / some maybe my team has to be restructured

he compromise all the time / he compromises all the time

that’s the firstly thing / that’s the most important thing

and my major is law / and my major was law

and when I graduate / and when I graduated

because I graduate in 2003 / because I graduated in 2003