VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

real estate – 房地产
e.g. Trump made (and still makes) a lot of money in real estate.

industry / industries / sector of the economy / type of business in the economy
e.g. technology industry, finance industry, real estate industry
e.g. Leslie works at an insurance company.
e.g. Leslie works in the finance industry.
e.g. Leslie works in finance. 

well-polished – nice clothes, nice hair, nice suits, well-spoken
e.g. Men like Nicholas and Leslie need to be well-polished businessmen.

articulate – 说出 / eloquent – 雄辩
e.g. Trump is not very articulate!
e.g Obama was very eloquent!

accomplishment – 成就
e.g. Losing all that weight was a huge accomplishment.

When I come home I want to sleep / [exhausted]

admire / admiration – 佩服
e.g. People who lose a lot of weight have my admiration.
e.g. I admire people who have lost a lot of weight

strategy – 战略
e.g. I teach the kids about soccer strategy.

lift weights / weight lifting / 举重
e.g. When I was losing weight I didn’t lift weights.
e.g I wasn’t interested in weight lifting.

sports school –  sports training

league – 联盟
e.g. I played in a baseball league as a boy.

Grammar

you can lose a lot of weight just by not eating sugars, noodles

you can lost very fast – you can lose it very fast

I don’t understand what’s the rule /