VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Original

A good day I think for me maybe you meet a good friend and have a good lunch – not a healthy lunch maybe hot pot – maybe this day your boss said you had a good job – maybe watch a good movie. I prefer to watch movies because it’s ore easy but sometimes I will read some books – I would read for some foreign, original version of books – for example The Kiter Runner

Corrected

A good day I think for me is maybe when you meet a good friend and have a good lunch – not a healthy lunch maybe something like hot pot – for it to be a good day your boss should say you did a good job/you performed well – For it to be a good day, for me, maybe I will watch a good movie. I prefer to watch movies because it’s easier but sometimes I will read some books – I like reading some foreign, original version of books – for example The Kite Runner.

Original

I think it’s men – because for nowadays men and woman all need to work for their family but for woman they also need to have baby and teach child, and I think the major of the woman also need to do some housework, so I think men is more easier than a woman.

Corrected

I think it’s men who have an easier life because nowadays men and women both need to work for/[provide for] their family but for women they also need to have babies/children and then they have to teach the child, and I think women also have to focus on doing some housework. So I think men have an easier life than women.

Grammar

Take away THE, make the NOUN plural.

e.g. I think the man have an easier life.

e.g. I think men have an easier life.

and went to the work / then I go to to work

it’s hard to me / it’s hard for me

I didn’t study very hard

I’m lazy – I was lazy

they have no time to care my studies – they had no time to pay attention to / care about my studies

if you let your life more easier at a young age / if you live an easy life at a young age

your old life live harder when you grow up / life when you’re older will be more difficult / life will be harder when you grow up

If-Then Statement

if this happens then this must happen

Pronunciation

man – AH

men – EH

woman – WUH-MIN

women – WIH-MIN

Vocabulary

relationship-driven – relationships are important to me and this is what motivates or “drives” me

e.g. Grace loves meeting new people because she is very relationship-driven.

business-driven – what motivates me 激励 is business

e.g. Grace focuses on her work all the time because she is a business-driven woman.

social circle – these are my close friends

e.g. If you’re relationship-driven, you keep a big social circle.

performance – are you doing a good job or a bad job

e.g. My boss gave me a raise (more money) because of my strong work performance.

fiction – not a real story

e.g. Harry Potter is a work of fiction. It is a fictional book.

non-fiction – history, biographies, real true events

e.g. I love reading non-fiction books about World War 2.

achieve – to win something; to finish your goal

e.g. Grace came to SE for 1 year and she achieved a very high level in English.

reputation – 声誉

e.g. Shanghainese girls have a reputation of being very interesting.

balance – 平衡

e.g.  It’s very difficult for women to balance their work life and their family life.