VIP Class Notes (Nicholas) [S]

Let’s review the basic vocabulary for the astronomy section.

Look at the first 2-3 words of each possible answer…

Once you can eliminate a possible answer don’t read any more of it…

The more words we take in the more confused we will be

We need to be quick strategic and decisive – keep the pace moving –

Vocabulary

nosy – too curious

Black + Asian = Blasian

I have a self-esteem that’s too big – I have an inflated self-esteem
I have an inflated ego
When the prices of things go up quickly we call this inflation.

grandiose – grand – far too big
e.g. Some dreams are far too grandiose and unrealistic.

delusions of grandeur – a dream that’s not real where you’re the king of the world
e.g. He suffered from delusions of grandeur.

but then things crash down to earth

voracious – 贪婪
e.g. I’m a voracious reader.

“falling down the YouTube rabbit hole…”

Grammar

when I go on YouTube

Original

The woman problem is he broken her arm and he’s gonna have a violin concert – she gonna play – and there’s two ways she said the first one was keep doing it but he worried about if she can doing that great because she didn’t practice for a long time and the second one was asking someone to take her place, but she said the guy who called Jim he’s probably unreliable person and he probably will be late. I think keep asking jim to take her place because give someone some chance – sometimes that are unreliable doesnt mean they are always unreliable and you can just tell him how important for you – so maybe you can just keep calling him until he’s on time.

Corrected

The woman’s problem is that she has broken her arm before her violin concert – she is gonna play – and there are two solutions she’s considering / thinking about she said the first one was to keep doing it but she worried about if she would be able to play well / could play well because she hadn’t practiced for a long time and the second one was asking someone to take her place, but she said the guy who is called / named Jim he’s probably an unreliable person and he probably will be late. I think the better solution is for her to keep asking jim to take her place because giving someone a chance / opportunity is good /a nice thing to do – if people are unreliable sometimes that doesnt mean they are always unreliable and you can just tell him how important this is for you – so maybe you can just keep calling him until he’s on time.