VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Homework

Write 4 sentences – try and use vocabulary from today – tell me about your “social circle” – what do you do together? Why do you like your social circle? Where are they from? How long have you been friends?

Pronunciation

craftsman / NOT CRAFTS-MAN / CRAFTS-MIN

e.g. He’s a craftsman.

If you see the word “MAN” behind another word – and it’s ONE WORD – then MAN sounds like MIN.

woman / WUH-MIN / NOT WUH-MAN

man / MAN / NOT MIN

the / not da

Grammar

it’s too paining / it’s too painful / it’s too painful for me

e.g. I feel pain. (NOUN)

e.g. It was painful. (ADJECTIVE)

my best friend is follow me – high school, university / my best friend has followed me from high school

I’ve seen a news about this / I’ve seen this in the news / I’ve seen news stories about this

not up some Douyin video / no upload some videos one Douyin

one years ago I think / one year ago

we will call she / we will call her

USUALLY YOU DON’T NEED “WILL” BEFORE YOUR VERB

e.g. We will call her / We call her

she delete before the video / she deleted all the videos / she deleted all the videos before others could see them / before her future employer could see them

SHE VS. HER / SHE = SUBJECT (SHE IS DOING) / HER = OBJECT (SHE IS RECEIVING)

e.g. I want her to do something for me.

e.g. She wants to do something for me.

e.g. I like her shirt.

e.g. She has a shirt that I like.

e.g. I sent her a letter.

e.g. She sent me a letter.

Vocabulary

upload / I give my “file” or video to the internet

download / I take a video/music/PDF/photo from the internet

computer “files” / PDF, MP4, JPG, PNG, videos, music, movies

attention 注æ„

e.g. There are some people who believe there is no such thing as “bad attention” – this means they don’t care if they get attention for bad reasons – what’s most important is that people watch them and once people know them, then they can change their style later.

bad reputation / åå声

e.g. Some people don’t fear a bad reputation because your reputation can always change. People can change their minds quite easily.

neighborhood / district / apartment complex

e.g. I live right now in an old neighborhood.

e.g. My apartment complex has many apartments in it.

e.g. I live in the Huangpu district.

to flee / fled / to run away from something 

e.g. The homeless man fled the fame.

to quote / to remember something and say it word-for-word

e.g. “I had a great day yesterday”, Nick said.

e.g. Can I quote you for my article. (This means can I write down what you said word-for-word in my article?)

craftsman / 匠人 / a person with a special skill that usually involves using his or her hands

e.g. There are furniture craftsman.  There are jewelry craftsmen.

furniture / 家具

e.g. Craftsman usually can make beautiful furniture .

privacy éšç§

e.g. Often if you become a celebrity, you lose your privacy.

to be stable / to have stability / I am “secure” you can’t push me and knock me over – you cannot push me over physically in my body and you can’t push me with my mind – because my mind and heart is strong – I am stable.

e.g. I am a stable person with a stable life. I have great stability in my life.

friend area = social circle

e.g. Do you have any friends? Yes, I have a great social circle.

Speaking exercise

No, because you have – myselfbeing a celebrity can give you money can give you but it will lost take away your privacy / you will lose your privacy and the maybe you will lost lose your friends – so – and you have no time to it for yourself. Famous people have many business opportunities they will like Jing qu è¿›å– ï¼ˆenterprising)

Only say your SUBJECT one time – DONT REPEAT IT 

e.g. Famous people they like something.

they will give you some up – good something – can help you be happy and can teach you something and don’t give up to help you for emotional something You shouldn’t give up your happiness or emotional stability (稳定性) just to make money. But I think being a famous people person is too tiring. I dont think money is important I think having real friends is more important – you will be self is important and family being yourself is important and having family is important. I think friends and family is are very important not money just/simply to benefit yourself.


I have a friend and she is interesting – she wants to be famous to it because she wants to money – and she will upload videos to Douyin –  she‘s records videos on-live online for Billi Billi – some video – to show it – before our me and my friends were talking about this girl and they all agreed that  she is crazy. And my colleagues see saw me and for a long time we will talked about her for a long time. We asked: “why is did she be change it” and in my friend area (social circle) we will think thought she is was famous and that she wanted to be famous to so that she could maybe have money/be rich.