VIP Class Notes (Nicholas) [S]

Focus on pronouncing words that contain TH, end in ER,

For these words above (TH, ER) we need to focus on moving our mouth to annunciate these words.

For words that end with ON, we usually pronounce them like IN

e.g. Cotton is pronounced COTTIN.

Words that end in EAD.

e.g.  read, spread, head, dead

Pronunciation

da vs. the

toddle vs. toddler

cot-tone. vs. cotton VS. COT-TIN

dead vs. died

advanced

the population is getting less and less every year…the population is decreasing every year…or you can say “the population has decreased every year”.

Grammar

If the sentence contains the word is we use the wording increasing/decreasing.

If the sentence has no “is” than we can use increased/decreased.

more and more Chinese students…the number of Chinese students in Switzerland or studying abroad is increasing every year/increased or increases every year.

Vocabulary

“It looks like you’re wearing your father’s jacket” …”You’re still wearing your father’s jacket”…

meaning — you don’t have clothing that fits you, it’s not made for you, or maybe you’re a little tight with your money (cheap) and don’t want someone to make you a custom suit.

protective 

e.g. If I like to protect my family, I am protective.

e.g. Fathers should protect their daughters. Fathers should be protective.

You know America its adwanced country recently chinese people started to care about the fitness of th healthy the food and American people started caring abotu this healthy problems from the long time ago, like the 19th century. Before They didnt have enough food its very poor when I was kid now people young generation started to care do some exercise go to the gym care about the healthy I though about in America major stream the like rich standards did their more usually have the time to care about the health to do like the exercise to fit their body. In China its the recently people started to care about this thing.

You know America — it’s an advanced country. Recently, Chinese people started to care about their fitness and healthy food. American people started caring about these health issues a long time, in like the 19th century. Before then they didn’t have enough food, Chinese people were very poor. When I was a kid. Now people in this generation [a younger generation] started to care about their health. I thought in America the rich people could afford to think about their health and exercise. In China, it’s only recently that people started to care about this type of thing.