VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[W]

Original

The 22th Shanghai international film festival has been opened in this week. Today, my friend and I went to the cinema to see 2 movies. I want to share one of story. MIDNIGHT AMBULANCE FAMILY is the name. It’s a Mexico documentary, it’s about how a true family lives due to drive a personal ambulance. No artist in the film, all of people are their own.
The film shows the leading role of Mr. Gustavo, the father of a low-income family in Mexican City , wanna get rid of poverty . So his family members try their best to operate an illegal ambulance to earn fees of transport patients. But life is ruthless. It is an open ending of this film, we don’t know what will happen later. As an audience, I wish family of Mr. Gustavo good luck.

Corrected

The 22nd Shanghai international film festival opened this week. Today, my friend and I went to the cinema to see 2 movies. I want to share one of the stories. It’s called / It’s name was / The title is MIDNIGHT AMBULANCE FAMILY.. It’s a Mexican documentary, it’s a true story about how a family lives while driving a personal ambulance. No actors or actresses are in the film, all of the people / all people are real.

The film shows the leading role of Mr. Gustavo, the father of a low-income family in Mexico City , they wanna get rid of poverty / escape poverty . So his family members try their best to operate an illegal ambulance to earn fees from transport patients, but life is ruthless. The film has an open ending, so we don’t know what will happen later. As an audience member / part of the audience, I wish the family of Mr. Gustavo good luck.

Vocabulary

the movie had a twist ending – a big surprise

suspense movies – 悬疑
e.g. The movie was suspenseful.
e.g. I love suspense thrillers.

it was moving – 感动 – it was very emotional
it moved me
I was so moved by the film

powerful – strong
the movie was powerful – it made me feel strong emotions
it was a powerful experience
it was a powerful, moving movie

edible – 食用
e.g. The plant that’s growing there is actually edible.

economic / financial crisis
e.g. Is China going through a financial crisis right now.

reaction – 反应
e.g. She gave me a positive reaction to my joke.
e.g She reacted positively to my joke.
e.g. The problem isn’t the most important thing – it’s how we react to that problem.

Pronunciation

actress

breathe / breath./ bress

cancer / cancel

crisis

Grammar

the two main actor is 
the two main actors are

we should to watch

I want to see the film
I just buy the tickets for the movies/films that I want to see

a lot of 3D effective
a lot of 3D effects
the treatment was effective –adj
the treatment affected me – verb
it affects me
it affected me
the drug had bad effects – noun

this films is my favorite film
this film is my favorite film

and how to revenge it
how to avenge it – verb
how to take revenge – noun
I avenged by mother’s death by killing a man
I avenged her death

so let me feel sad
it made me feel sad

neither = none are OK
everyone was crying – yeah me either
yeah me too
I don’t want it, yeah me neither

either = both are good
Do you want a hamburger or a pizza? I’ll have either.
I’ll have either one. 

how he changed his life for the better / for the worse

react to something

she worked hard so she successed
she was successed
she was successful
she succeeded
she had great success