VIP Class Notes (Nicholas) [S/W]

Pronunciation

transient / TRAN-ZEE-INT

Vocabulary

admirable – adj / admire – verb / I appreciate this thing and respect it

e.g. I find adoption admirable.

e.g. I admire people who adopt.

IVF – in vitro fertilization – a doctor will implant or put deeply into the woman, the man’s DNA

e.g. IVF treatment in the USA is usually around $10,000 per visit.

transient – always moving –

e.g. The dating scene is difficult in cities because city-dwellers are often transient.

stifling / to stifle – so small that it felt controlling – 扼杀 – it felt like I couldn’t grow – “held back”

e.g. Growing up in a small town stifled me / it felt stifling.

“small town mentality” – sometimes people from small towns have small ideas and can’t accept new ways of thinking

e.g. We should be open minded, not be small-minded people!

eloquent – a great speaker

e.g. Obama was an eloquent speaker.

working class / upper class / middle class

dispensable – you can be thrown away
indispensable – you are so valuable you must be kept

e.g. Most businesses treat their employees like they are dispensable.

“landed on your feet” – you left a situation for something unknown but it ended up well

Original

Because first you quit the job, what do you do, what is the plan for the future because I’mnot 80 or I have a long life still – so you should hav ea plan – and also yo udonthave income that means maybe the position in the family will change and also if you quit you dont have colleagues, you may don’t know the new information what happened / latest information so thats totally new so its very difficult so I think about this for almost one year and something triggered this beaus my boss he gave a legal opinion to our HR department and actually this problem is – there is no definitely answer for his legal question but you know the boss was no satisfied with his answer so they just give him a notice – I think its unfair you cannot just do that to someone / let people give the answer you want because he’s professional you should repeat her professional you can have our position and after you listen to his opinion…

Corrected

Because first you quit your job, what do you do, what is your plan for the future because I’m not 80 or I have a long life still / long life ahead of me – so you should have a plan – and also yo u dont have/ no longer have income that means maybe your position in the family will change and also if you quit you dont have / no longer have colleagues, you may not know the new information of what happened / latest information so thats totally new so its very difficult so I thought about this for almost one year and something triggered this beause my boss he gave a legal opinion to our HR department and actually this problem is – there is no definite answer for his legal question but you know the boss was not satisfied with his answer so they just give him a notice – I think its unfair you cannot [just do that to someone] / dismiss someone just because you don’t like their answer because he’s a professional you should respect his professionalism you can have your position and after you listen to his opinion…

Eliminate the word “THE” – you rarely need it – make it more specific like “my job” or “your job”

Original 

My father was a professor of psychology in an university before he retired. He focused on traffic psychology research, which involves the relationship between the traffic lights, the driving seats and the drivers etc. In addition to teaching and doing research, publishing reports in academic journals was a very important part of his job. Dad should provide draft reports in clear handwriting for editor’s review first, then the reports can be officially published. In the past, computer was a luxury good, I remember there was only one in Dad’s office for public use, therefore my sister and I were required to copy the draft reports for dad during our vacations. Normally we were required to complete 2-3 pages a day. I was always getting impatient after copying one page and wanted to go outside to play with my friends. Sometimes my sister helped me with part of my assignment when she was in good mood. If she was not willing to help, I wrote very quickly and carelessly in order to finish the assignment as soon as possible, Dad was very angry when he saw the terrible handwriting and had to ask mom to re-do it.

Corrected

My father was a professor of psychology in a university before he retired. He focused on traffic psychology research, which involves the relationship between the traffic lights, the driving seats and the drivers etc. In addition to teaching and doing research, publishing reports in academic journals was a very important part of his job. Dad was expected to / was supposed to provide draft reports in clear handwriting for the editor’s review first, then the reports can be officially published. In the past, computers were a luxury good, I remember there was only one in Dad’s office for public use, therefore my sister and I were required to copy the draft reports for dad during our vacations. Normally we were required to complete 2-3 pages a day. I always got / always became impatient after copying one page and wanted to go outside to play with my friends. Sometimes my sister helped me with part of my assignment when she was in a good mood. If she was not willing to help, I wrote very quickly and carelessly in order to finish the assignment as soon as possible, Dad was very angry when he saw the terrible handwriting and had to ask mom to re-do it.

If I am speaking about something generally, I use the plural form of the noun.