VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

assistant / 助理 

e.g. My boyfriend is the assistant of the company’s owner.

by himself / 靠自己 / alone / 独自

e.g. Did he travel to China by himself?

e.g. Did he travel to China alone.

“let me get this straight” / let me make sure I understand – let me say this again and make sure I understand

e.g. Let me get this straight, you don’t like working too much but you also dont like working too little.

strange / 陌生

e..g People are strange because they work their whole lives and never see the world.

too much pressure / 压力太大

e.g. I left my job in America because the job was just to much pressure for me.

high pressure job / 

e.g. I love my new company because it is not a high-pressure job. It’s a low-pressure job.

ancient civilizations / 古国 

e.g In Xinjiang you can find old artifacts (工件) from these ancient civilizations.

Grammar

let me go in the company / let me join the company

because I no work / because I don’t work

do the WeChat / I manage their WeChat account / I run their WeChat account

it’s not busy / my job isn’t demanding – there’s not a lot of pressure – and my work schedule (我的日程安排) isn’t busy

I have many free times by yourself / I have a lot of free time

I lose my work / I quit my job

I traveling one years / I traveled for one year

at that time I had no boyfriend / at that time I didn’t have a boyfriend

he wants let me in the company / he wanted me to work for him / he wanted me to work for his company

you can go crazy / you can go nuts

when I in the journey / when I’m on a journey I can find myself

Pronunciation

worked / WERE-CK-DUH

self / myself / yourself / no shelf 货架 / not SHHH / SSSSS

journey / JER-KNEE

few /

free /

anxious / ANG-UH-SHIS / ANE-SHIS / ANGGGG-SHIS

large / ARE / RE / LARGE