VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Next Class Focus

For the future, let’s watch Oliver Stone’s interview with Putin.

Vocabulary

theist / is a person who believes in God, or organized religion.

e.g. If you believe in God, you are a theist. You believe in theism.

atheist / a person who does not believe that God exists.

e.g. Chinese people are usually atheists. China is an atheistic country generally.

combative / combat / describes someone who likes to fight

e.g. Christopher Hitchens is known as a combative speaker — he will always try to start a fight with his opponent.

fanaticism / fanatic / someone whose belief is so strong that they are willing to do violent things in the name of this belief

e.g. There are many Muslim fanatics in the world, there are also Christian fanatics.

lukewarm / it’s a bad quality…it literally means some drink that is neither hot, nor cold, it’s neither warm nor cool…it’s uncomfortably in the middle. And no one likes lukewarm tea.

e.g. Beverages can be lukewarm. And people’s arguments can be lukewarm. You don’t want to be a lukewarm person — they are viewed as weak.

I don’t agree with the direction / the thinking of a person or organization and their thinking for the future

e.g. I left the church because I disagreed with the direction the leader was taking the people.

light / heavy editing / light vs. heavy work /

light work / easy work, short time

heavy editing / intense, lots of time

intensive / intense / very difficult lots of time

non-intensive / the opposite of intensive

Grammar

it’s quite persuasive / he’s quite persuasive / his argument is quite persuasive

if the childrens are frightened / if the children are frightened 

and he say if religions is good than the conflicts between two religions will never be settled / and he says if religion is good…

**when speaking generally, not specifically, we should probably use the SINGULAR = RELIGION

e.g. In your opinion, is religion a force for good or bad in the world?

another I think very important / another point that I think is very important

people are designed to be imperfect but are required to be perfect / good

something we already know we will say…using common knowledge…obvious

religions organizations do in the world / religious organizations do in the world

…but I think he concede / but I think he concedes / but I think he conceded

to tell the bad religions from the good ones / [to distinguish] the bad religions from the good ones

there is also possibility / there is also a possibility 

this videos are useful for some people / these video are useful for some people

10 years ago the product of apple is genius / 10 years ago the products of apple were genius

it’s quite different to all other phones on the market / it was quite different compared to all other phones on the market

a new generation technology / a new generation of technology

has also gone with Jobs / has also disappeared with Jobs

they have already the position in the market / they already have the position in the market

make much profit as possible / make as much profit as possible

I have a humor way to read the fact / I have a humorous way of reading the fact

Pronunciation

executed / EGG-ZI-CUTED

Catholic / Catholicism / CATH-UH-LICK / CUH-THA-LUH-SIZZ-IM

e.g. Nick went to a Catholic school but he wasn’t a Catholic. This school practices the religion of catholicism.

world / WURL-D / not WORD