VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)
Next Class Focus
Please correct Nicole’s homework next class, I forgot to do it.
Pronunciation
karaoke / CARY-OH-KEE
colleagues / CAWL-LEEGS
failed (FAY-LED) / filled (FILL-ED)
hierarchy / higher-ark-kee
projects / PRAH-JECTS
culture / not CAILTURE / CULL-CHUR
Grammar
she have drinked / she drank
i only sleep 4-5 hours / i only slept 4-5 hours
we’re on the very critical stage / we’re at a very critical stage
Vocabulary
disciple / a follower of a religion, or philosophy, or way of life
tipsy / just a little drunk
dice / play with dice
not good at social / you are not sociable
superiors / the people above you at work
this door closed etc. / this isn’t an option for me / no longer an option for me / i took that road as far as it went…
use the materials in a different way / leverage = how you use it
e.g. When you go into a negotation, the side with more leverage will be more successful.
e.g. When it comes to your talent, it’s not about what your talent is, it’s how you utilize it/leverage it.
Utilize = simply to use…like using a hammer for nail.
Leverage = utilizing something for a gain w/ a purpose.
e.g. VERB = I leverage my talents.
e.g NOUN = I was fired, I tired to argue, but I had no leverage (I had no advantages on my side).
Leverage also means BORROWING MONEY or a LOAN.
e.g. Nicole bought a home yesterday. Oh great, does that mean she’s leveraged? I have a loan. I bought a house, and borrowed money from the bank. Home = Mortgage. I got a mortgage. I got a loan.
e.g. If you got a loan, you’re leveraged.
hierarchical (adj) / hiearchy (noun)
e.g. Most companies are hierachies, this makes them very hierachical.
e.g. Some psychologists argue that within ourselves — within our minds — we are hierarchcial. Meaning, there is no true “self”…there is not one person…but many layers of thinking or personalities.
e.g. Society is hierarchical.
easily offended / what you say, hurts my feelings, even if it not purposely.
e.g. When I was younger, I was made fun of as a kid. So in the future, whenever people said things that reminded me of it, I was easily offended.
pounding / a loud knocking, hitting, loud bashing sound
e.g. My head is pounding = I have a headache.
e.g. You can pound bread.
e.g. Or the food delivery man can pound at your door.
phobia (noun) / an irrational fear vs. phobic (adj)
If you take a word + phobia = scared of this thing
homophobia = fear/hatred of gay people
claustrophobia = fear of tight, enclsosed spaces
e.g. I have clausterphobia. I am clausterphobic.
arachnaphobia = fear of spiders
people’s minds are changing /
immoral / = opposite of moral = opposite of good values, evil, you dont knwo the difference between right and wrong, or maybe you do, and you dont care.
disingenious / 虚伪
hypocrtical / hippo-critcal = you say one thing, but you do the opposite.
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