VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Vocabulary

Nicholas – Nick

Margaret – Maggie – Peggy – Peg

“wine and design”

growing – action doing now

growth – a thing

undergradaute – 本科

graduate – Masters Degree- 硕士

PHD – Doctorate – bo shi

Principal – 校长

calligraphy – 书法

attention – 注意

e.g. During Margaret’s class the students must pay attention or the will not know how to use the special materials for rock painting.

contact – 联系 – talk to, speak to, message, WeChat

e.g. I lost contact with my friends from my hometown.

e.g. I contacted Smart English and told them I was interested in learning from them.

maintain – to keep strong

e.g. I learned Chinese many years ago, but I never maintained it, so I lost it.

normal – 正常

e.g. It’s normal for boys to be attracted to their female teacher.

e.g. It’s normal for it to rain in Shanghai.

lively – 活泼

e.g. Maggie is lively and this is why her student trust her.

for study – for studying

this years my life is just work / in recent years my life is all about work

I have no self free time – I have no free time

I couldn’t came out with my friends – I couldn’t go out with my friends

has worked at SH for several years – has worked in SH for several years

but the strange things are that – but the strange thing is

and the other are older – and the others are older

Tell me about your hometown / where would you like to live in the future

My hometown is a small city in Henan, but it was famous in history, it has some historical sites so lots of people know my hometown. My hometowns name is Change. Both good memories and bad memories in Change in my life. One of my best friends studied with me in high school but my worse memories were also in Change. They influenced me for my growing with the group of me – I forgot the bad memories and remembered most of the good memories just like my friendship and my teachers, and lots of letters and diaries. I left my hometown for study because I want to Xi’an Academy of fine arts when I was 16 so from then on I stayed in Xi’an for 10 years, and then I went to Beijing for study for 3 years. After that I came to Shanghai for my job.

Corrected

My hometown is a small city in Henan, but it was famous throughout history, it has some historical sites so lots of people know/ are familiar with my hometown. My hometowns name is Change. I have both good memories and bad memories in Change in my life. One of my best friends studied with me in high school but my worse memories were also in Change. They influenced my personal growth  – I forgot the bad memories and remember most of the good memories just like my friendships and my teachers, and lots of letters and diaries. I left my hometown for my education / for my studies because I went to Xi’an Academy of fine arts when I was 16 so from then on I stayed in Xi’an for 10 years, and then I went to Beijing to study for 3 years. After that I came to Shanghai for my job.

Tell me about your friends or social circle

I have two best friends – only two – first they are girls not boys even though I have many friends that are boys – but in my heart these two girls are my best friends – because one of them studied with me at the high school – we know each other for a long time – she was kind to me she is older than me so she just like my big sister, and the other best friend was studied with me at Xi-An academy of fine arts, she was very interesting, we have lots of some habits such as we like watching movies like eating whatever we like – we studied together, slept together, and do the majority of things together – when she was married she inited me – I was so excited that I take the right train on the wrong time – but I think I was late for her marriage so I cried, called to her in the evening at the train station – she just laughed and tell me the date my marriage is the day after tomorrows so you are not late – you are too early.

Corrected

I have two best friends – only two – first they are girls not boys even though I have many friends that are boys – but in my heart these two girls are my best friends – because one of them studied with me in high school – we have known each other for a long time – she was kind to me she is older than me so she is just like my big sister, and the other best friend was studied with me at Xi-An academy of fine arts, she was very interesting, we have lots in common , we share some habits such as we both like watching movies we both like eating whatever we like – we studied together, slept together, and did the majority of things together – when she was getting married she invited me – I was so excited that I took the right train at the wrong time – but I thought I was late for her marriage so I cried, I called her in the evening at the train station – she just laughed and told me the date that the day of her marriage was the day after tomorrow so she said: “you are not late – you are too early”.