VIP Class Notes (Nick) [W]

Homework

Talk about an interesting show you’ve been watching, or an interesting episode. Either write it or be ready for a short speaking.

Vocabulary

Black eye vs. Dark circles – a “black eye” means you got hit by something near your eye, it’s a bruise; a “dark circle” comes from being tired.

Process vs. Procedure – “process” and “procedure” both mean a set way of doing something, used by many people. But “process” also means something which takes a while to complete.
e.g. We have procedure for dealing with class requests.
e.g. We have a process for checking the quality of toys.
e.g. The whole process of developing a plan for the Beijing Masters took many months.

Grammar

I thought for a long time to write what – I thought for a long time about what to write
— “About” means that you spent some time thinking

Usually, put the question word first.
— What would you like?
— How would you like to get there?
— When would you like to go?
This is different from Chinese, because Chinese replaces the unknown information with the question word.
e.g. 你什么时候æ¥ã€€ï¼ã€€æˆ‘七点æ¥

I can’t eat sour also – I can’t eat sour (food) either

With think, or worry, “about” introduces things, while “that” introduces full sentences (verbs)
e.g. I was thinking about what you said.
e.g. I was thinking that we should go to the mall.
But, when you’re looking for something you forgot, then you’re “trying to think of something”
e.g. I forgot the word for “cooking directions,” but I eventually thought of it! Recipe!

For age as an adjective, we don’t say “years” (and I don’t know why, because it makes sense)
e.g. The twenty-seven year old man.
BUT, when you say [person] is [age], you DO use “years”
e.g. He is twenty-seven years old.
e.g. That tree is one-hundred years old.

How light? As light of food as possible.

The most smartest – the smartest
— This form uses either “most” or “-est,” but not both!
e.g. The tastiest
e.g. The spiciest

Writing exercise

Age means what to girls?

After I get allergic reaction easily and pimples are appeared on my faces continually, I am thinking about what’s the difference between me at the age of twenty-seven and eighteen? Am I old now ?

The girl of eighteen years old won’t worry to get sleep late… no need to worry about their skin become bad
The girl of twenty-seven years old should get sleep early…otherwise the pimples and black eye cycle will come.

The girl of eighteen years old could eat spicy food as much as they want…don’t worry about stomach matters/ stomachache.
The girls of twenty-seven years old should change their flavor , eat light food as possible because it’s good for healthy.

But I find one thing which twenty-seven is better than eighteen, is that they understand their parents more than before, and know what’s the way to love them.


What does age mean to girls?

After I had an allergic reaction easily and pimples are appeared on my face continually, I started thinking about what’s the difference between me at the age of twenty-seven and eighteen? Am I old now ?

The eighteen-year-old girl won’t worry about getting to sleep late… no need to worry that their skin will become bad
The twenty-seven-year-old girl should get to sleep early…otherwise she will get pimples and dark circles will come.

The girl of eighteen years old could eat spicy food as much as she wants… She doesn’t worry about stomach matters/ stomachache.
The girl of twenty-seven years old should change their flavor , eat light food whenever possible because it’s good for health.

But I find one thing for which twenty-seven is better than eighteen, and that is they understand their parents better than before, and know how to love them.

Pronunciation

Tastiest – tase – tee – est