VIP Class Notes (Nicholas) [S]

Speaking exercise

Original

Sometimes when I’m on the bed, I’m lose my sleep. I think maybe one day I lose my job. This is not very likely but maybe one day I’m sick sheng bing maybe one days my family need me but I’m sick, I’m lose my job it’s very terrible I think. When I was young I am afraid that maybe an alien will come to the earth and kill ourself – I think I’m little I see the movies aliens come and shoot everyone everyone is go die, this movie is the 2020, when I see this movie I’m 2 days I was nervous if it’s true will I died. If it’s true we can make many money and I forget it but I’m very afraid. But I’m grow up, I think about is where is money, where is job, I need to be health, this is very important things. He buy the pencil in the China and sells to America but now this is not possible today many companies use technology to make money like make a cell phone app, make a international, they need technology.

Corrected

Sometimes when I’m on the bed, I’m restless. I think maybe one day I may lose my job. This is not very likely but maybe one day I’m sick  maybe one days my family needs me but I’m sick, if I lost my job it would be very terrible I think. When I was young I was afraid that maybe an alien would come to earth and kill everyone – I think when I was little  I saw the movies about aliens coming to earth  and shooting everyone and everyone dies, this movie was called 2020, when I saw this movie for 2 days I was nervous if it’s true I will die. If it’s true we can make a lot of money and I forget it but I was very afraid. ButI have grown up and all I think about is where is money, where is a good job, I need to be healthy, these are very important things. He could buy a pencil in the China and sell it to America but now this is not possible today many companies use technology to make money like make a cell phone app.

Pay attention to HE and SHE

Vocabulary

facial hair -胡å­
Japanese men usually have some facial hair.

plastic surgery – 整形手术
Ronaldo had plastic surgery.

standard of beauty – 美的标准
Chinese people and American people think different things are beautiful.

“blood in the water” 

charm – 迷人
Wendi Deng must be very charming.
She has incredible charm.

smooth sailing 一帆风顺
Rupert Murdochs life has always been smooth sailing.

intern – 实习生
interns get paid no money.

“every man has a price” / “everyone has a price”

niche – 利基市场
the riches are in the niches

wishful thinking – “at night we think anything is possible, but in the morning we realize it’s not”

to start a business – 开始
have you ever thought of starting a business

bankruptcy – 破产
If you declare bankruptcy you will lose all of your credit.

fail – 失败
I failed the test.
most businesses fail.

capitalism (noun) / capitalist (adj) – 资本主义

loan – 贷款
The bank gave me a loan.
The bank loaned me money.
If you want to take a loan from the bank again.

money pressures / money pressure
I feel the pressure of having enough money

handle high pressure / how do you handle pressure
how do you handle high pressure situations 

anxiety / anxious– 焦虑
Everyone feels anxious sometimes.
I get anxiety when I have a project due.
My wife has an anxiety problem.

medicine – 医学