VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

If someone is afraid of something, how can they overcome their fear?

What was a fear you had when you were younger, but don’t have it anymore.

Original

I need to walk around the rock totally 2 KM and at the beginning of the walking it’s really scare me and I feel dizzy, and my legs shake, I just keep walking. When I walk in the middle of the path. So I still afraid of heights but I think it’s much better than before. The one I really fear is after work when I met a colleague this colleague is the foreigner and I need to take with him or her, I don’t know what to say, and how to say, so I feel awkward. So I really fear about it.

Corrected 

I need to walk around the rock for a total of 2 KM and at the beginning of the walk / when we started walking it really scared me and I felt dizzy, and my legs shook /were shaking, I just kept walking. When I walked in the middle of the path. So I am still afraid of heights but I think it’s much better then before. The one thing I really fear is after work when I meet a colleague this colleague is a foreigner and I need to talk with him or her, I don’t know what to say, or how to say it, so I feel awkward. So I am really fearful about it.

Original

I am obsessed with play badminton. I have long time no play because no partner, but really like it. After graduate. But I think start to play badminton when I was in college and after graduate I usually play twice a week with my colleagues and after the court near the workplace has been demolished. I think if there is net it will be better to improve.

Corrected

I am obsessed with playing badminton. I haven’t played in a long time because I have no partner, but I really like it. After I graduated. But I think I started to play / started playing badminton when I was in college and after I graduated / after graduation I usually would play / played twice a week with my colleagues, but the court near our workplace was demolished. I think if there is a net it will be better for your improvement.

Vocabulary

you’re a very active person

obsession – obsessed – obsessive – 痴迷
e.g. I have an obsessive personality
e.g. I am obsessed with movies.
e.g. I have an obsession with reading philosophy.
e.g. Why were you so obsessed with him?

let me preface this
let me say some things before I let you talk
let me say some things to prepare you for what I want to say

heights – being high up off the ground
I have a fear of heights.

rock climbing – 攀岩

paragliding – 滑翔伞

roller coaster – 过山车

overcame your fear / overcome your fear / conquer your fears
e.g. Grace conquered her fear of heights.

Grammar

scary movies do you like them?
scary movies I don’t like it
scary movies I don’t like them

I really nervous
I was really nervous

I have fear.
I am fearful.
I am afraid.

I need to be more fit.