VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

The Matrix (1999)

Grammar

send the agenda out to the attendees

another thing makes me crazy
another thing that is driving me crazy

after they graduated they will get a job
after they graduated they would get a job

they are been protected well by the govt
the were protected well by the govt

it’s starting to be more opening
it’s starting to become more open
it’s starting to open up more

in the past old generation 
in the past the old generation

they make lies to the officers
they tell lies to the officers

he want to broke himself
he wants to injure / hurt himself

yes speaking very well
yes he speaks very well

he got back to China
he came back to China

he bought a house at there
he bought a house there

his father asked him to get back to his hometown
his father asked him to return to the hometown

the government need to
the government needs to

Vocabulary

closure – to get some closure

trilogy – there a three movies for one story
A famous trilogy is the original Star Wars trilogy.
The Matrix is another famous trilogy.

eerie – 怪异
The movie is very eerie because it describes many things that are happening now.

the birth rate is getting less and less / [is decreasing]

inflation / inflating – prices increasing
the prices are inflating
inflation increases prices

real income has decreased – the true value of your money

increase by 3 percentage points / at least a three percent increase

fiscal year 2020 – FY 2020

an end year review
a year end review

I was putting out fires all day.
I was running around putting out fires.

you created a problem for yourself
you dug yourself a hole 
you dug a hole for yourself

the emails were pouring in all day

“they shovel me the shit”

swamped – super busy, covered in work
I’m swamped at work.

Pronunciation

fiscal

world

assigned

idea / idea-er