VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)
Pronunciation
130,799,000 = one hundred and thirty million = one hundred thirty million, seven hundred and ninety-nine thousand = approximately 130 million
4,775,567 = four million, seven hundred seventy five thousand, five hundred sixty-seven = approximately 4.7 million
4,777,777,777 = approximately $4.7 billion (dollars)
Grammar
men can always let the history pass quickly /Â men seem to get over things quickly
the society thing and information thing /Â societal pressuresÂ
you need to be get married /Â you need to get married
and if you not you will lose the opportunity / and if you’re not you will lose the opportunity / and if you don’t you will lose the opportunityÂ
this is the first reason I stay here / Â this is the first reason I am staying here for now
I don’t have a research for that / I haven’t researched that yet
keep talking that /Â keep saying that
when you get fight / when you fight / when you have a fight
Vocabulary
swimming upstream / going against society’s normal behaviors (norms)
money-wise / “talking about money”
e.g. So money-wise, how are is your new job?
life experience vs. professional experienceÂ
to empower / to give power to someone
e.g. Good managers and good bosses empower their team members, not micro manager them
“get over something…” / to move passed an issue
e.g. My wife was mad that I lied, I told her to get over it.
to be “grounded in reality” / you make your judgements, decisions, and opinions based on information you receive from the real world and real experience – not fantasy or opinions from a book.
toxic masculinity / toxic = poisonous / describes men who are overly aggressive, loud, arrogant, and violent
e.g. Nancy is toxic – this means you shouldn’t go around her because she will have a bad effect on you.
male / masculine /masculinity /to be masculine
e.g. We want to teach young boys to be strong and masculine.
woman / female /femininity (the description of a woman’s characteristics / feminineÂ
e.g. What are things we associate with femininity? Beauty, delicateness, understanding, emotional.
e.g. These are the traits of a woman. These are the traits of females.
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