VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)

Pronunciation

world – LA – WHIRL-LA-DUH

mature – MUH-CHUR

when – NOT WHUN – NOT ONE – WH-EHH-N

Buddhism = BOO-DI-ZIM

Vocabulary

mature – 成熟 – to grow older and to grow smarter

e.g. As we grow up, we should become more mature.

e.g. My brother is 26 and he is more mature than me!

e.g. You are 28 now and you have matured over the years.

immature – opposite – not mature

e.g. I am immature – I still like little boy things like playing video games, fighting, and sports!

colleagues / co-workers – 同事 

e.g. I don’t like my colleagues they are all crazy.

e.g. I love my co-workers, they are the best!

convenient – 方便

e.g. I love living in SH because it’s so convenient.

shipping – 包邮

e.g. Taobao provides (gives) free shipping on all orders to SH!

e.g. If you live in SH, shipping on Taobao is free!

documentary – 记录

e.g. I had watched some documentary about Jerusalem — I want to go there in the future.

e.g. I know many people who have gone to Israel  = I know many people that went to Israel.

church – 教会

e.g. I grew up going to church! I grew up in the church!

Buddhism – 佛教

Grammar

nothing feeling / I didn’t feel anything / I have no feelings about it 

they have took me / they have taken me / they took me

have gone = went

today / yesterday

this week / last week

last week = one week ago

The baby was born today.

I was born in 1990.

I was born in 1990.

You were born in 1991.

Tell me about a change in something / old vs. right now

Has/ Have + Past Tense Verb

e.g. He has opened up my world.

e.g. I have improved many things.

Tell me about a change that happened in the past

e.g. I had improved in my English before I went to America.

e.g. I had told him I didn’t like him!

Ask yourself questions like “Who watches the movie”?

Take away “THE” make the NOUN plural (复数)

e.g. We watch the movie.

e.g We watch movies.

Original

Older. The biggest change is thought / my thinking – improve, mature, my weight is lighter / I lost weight. Eat less than past.  I got a new position in the company so my like teacher / mentor – the mentor there is a – he teach me more and more things and let me got a new world / opened up a new world to me. I broke up with my boyfriend because living in SH is too hard for him – so he left SH and went back home. suitable – I don’t have meet – suitable. I don’t have suitable person.

Corrected

How have I changed as a person over the last 5 years? Well, for one I am older. but I think the biggest change is in my thinking. I have improved in so many things. I am also more mature. And my weight is lighter / I lost weight. I eat less than in the past.  I eat much less nowadays / these days. 

Here’s another change: I got a new position in my company so my mentor has taught me so many new things / he has opened up a new world to me. I broke up with my boyfriend because living in SH was too hard for him – so he left SH and went back home.

I haven’t found / haven’t met a suitable partner / person.

Original

Not too many.

I study in Shanghai Normal University so I have classmates in here. And I play with my company friends / co-workers / colleagues.

Watch the movie. With my classmates we always to eat hot pot – and go shopping.

I like in Xinjiang because I was born in there and my parents are there now so I like Xinjiang and I like Shanghai because it is very big / dynamic / international / convenient. When I buy something in Taobao – in SH it can always have free shipping.

Corrected

I don’t have too many friends in SH. I studied at SNU so I have classmate from here, and I [socialize / party / am social] with my colleagues / co-workers. We watch movies together with my classmates, and we always like to eat / eat hot pot and go shopping.

I like it in Xinjiang because I was born there and my parents are there now, so I like Xinjiang and I like SH too! Because it is very big and convenient. When I buy something on Taobao – in SH it always has free shipping.