VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Homework

Why are your parents “good parents”? How did they raise you? How did they parent you? What have they taught you?

Needs more review

If we tell a story = past tense
e.g. The doctor gave me some medicine.

If you do this then this will happen” = present tense + future tense
e.g. If you give the patient medicine the he will get better.

effect vs. affect
effect – noun
effective – adj
affect – verb

If you don’t know the word say: “I don’t know the exact word, let me give you an example.â€

If you are thinking: “Let me think for a moment…â€

Speaking exercise

Original

We had football match today, our team played for 4 match and we win twice. One is 3-0 one is 2-0. I goaled twice in the match. When I goaled I feel very happy and excited. Our defense is really good and they have no chance to shoot the ball. This was a great triumph.

Corrected

We had a football match today, our team played 4 matches and we won twice.The score for the first game was 3-0; the score for the second game was  2-0. I scored twice / I scored two goals in the match. When I scored I felt very happy and excited. Our defense was really good and they had no chance to shoot the ball. This was a great triumph.


Original

I think its not easy to become rich when you are poor because you have to study hard and have many knowledge, and all you have to have a good luck to have some chance to get rich. If you’re lucky maybe some company will think you are helpful to them and you will be employees of the company and then you just have to work hard and you will be rich. And also you need to have many knowledge because if you have no knowledge, maybe companies and rich people will look down on you, and maybe laughing at you and you will heave now chance to be rich.

Corrected

I think its not easy to become rich when you are poor because you have to study hard and have many knowledge, and all you have to have a good luck to have some chance to get rich. If you’re lucky maybe some company will think you are helpful to them and you will be employees of the company and then you just have to work hard and you will be rich. And also you need to have many knowledge because if you have no knowledge, maybe companies and rich people will look down on you, and maybe laughing at you and you will heave now chance to be rich.


Original

First I will give some of my money to my parents because they born me and let me grow up, and then I want to give some money to students to work hard and has a good goal so that they will study more harder.

Corrected

First I will give some of my money to my parents because they raised me and parented me, and then I would want to give some money to students so that they work hard and have good goals so that they will study harder.

Why do you want to do it?
e.g I would want to give some money to students so that they work hard

Vocabulary

to raise <> to parent a child
e.g My mom and dad parented me when I was a boy.
e.g. My mom and dad raised me to be a good student and polite boy!

become rich <> get rich

defense – 防御
e.g. The basketball team was playing defense and did not want the other team to score (得分了)!

offense – 罪行 – to attach
e.g. In war, sometimes you must go on the offense and attack the enemy!

dramatic æˆå‰§æ€§

triumph – 胜利
e.g. I remember when I passed my university math exam. It was a great triumph. I felt very triumphant!

Julius Caesar – 凯撒大å¸
e.g. Julius Caesar was the leader of Rome!

assassination – æš—æ€ – to kill a leader when they are not aware (“they don’t know it”)
e.g. The assassination of Caesar is one of the most famous assassinations in history.
e.g. Julius Caesar was assassinated.

The Ides of March (March 15) – The day Caesar was assassinated. 

frenzy – å‘ç‹‚
e.g. There was a frenzy at the mall when the new iPhone XS came out!
e.g. When I scored a good goal I feel very frenzied.
e.g. There was a huge frenzy when Henry scored the goal!

Grammar

while = at the same time = when
Four American Presidents were assassinated while they were still in office