VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

In future classes, we can look at very basic level philosophy including Neitzsche, Freud. We need to practice reading some Nietzsche.

Take the words form your bag, type them, and then send them to your teacher on SmartYingyu.com

Vocabulary

director 导演 / graduate 毕业

e.g. A director in Beijing wants me to join his theater when I graduate.

presence / how many followers do you have on social media

e.g. Angela Baby has a big presence on Instagram, but her presence on Weibo is bigger.

e..g Nick’s presence on Weibo is very small.

social media / Weibo, Instagram, Facebook, WeChat, What’s App, TIC TOC

e.g. In China, young people use social media.

social media platform / one thing of social media

e.g. In the United States, Facebook is the most popular social media platform.

e.g. In China, WeChat/Weibo is the most popular social media platform.

painting / to paint

e.g. I paint paintings.

e.g. I paint every week.

e.g. People love my paintings.

released 发布

e.g My friend’s BACH CD was released yesterday! Now you can listen.

Grammar

but she’s movie is terrible / but her movies are terrible

my favorite social media platform it’s is WeChat & Instagram platform

my friend Iceland visa before January 3 / my friend’s Iceland visa ended on January 3

my two roommate / my two roommates 

my painting make our room so dirty / …made our room so dirty

I paint by myself / good

I have painted for two years / good

my grandparents artists, painters, so I saw he painted everyday still he died / my grandpa was a painter, so I saw him paint everyday until he died / my grandpa painted everyday until he died

He make a Bach CD — tomorrow we can listen / He made a Bach CD…

It was a painting of his face / good

I just got to museum yesterday / I went to the museum yesterday

You taught yourself how to paint/ good

Pronunciation

paint / PANE-T

famous / famers / FAME-ISS

modern / MA-DURN 现代 

philosophy /

Zarathustra / ZAIR-A-THOO-STRUH