VIP Class Notes (Nick)

Do some writing and focus on sentences (grammar) – connect everything with conjunctions.
Try to use the vocabulary from this class and the last class!

Vocabulary

To send by express mail – “express” is not a verb, so you have to send something express, or by express
e.g. I sent some clothes by express to my hometown.

Tracks – two pieces of metal that a train drives on
e.g. For a train to get somewhere, they must have tracks to run on.

High-speed rail / high-speed train – 高铁

Suburbs – the area outside of a city where the houses have yards
e.g. Summer really liked the suburbs near Kohler, Wisconsin.

Fountain – part of a building or a park where water sprays out, for decoration
e.g. Chicago has a famous fountain in its largest park.

Combine – to put two or more things together; to mix
e.g. If you combine red and blue, you get purple.
e.g. We are going to combine our two websites into one.

In place – for something to be put somewhere
e.g. The extra tables from the party are still in place. We haven’t had time to put them away.

Perimeter – something that shows the edge of something; like a fence or a wall
e.g. We have closed the perimeter of the construction site, because it is too dangerous for people to be walking around.

Picturesque – something so pretty that it looks like it came out of a picture, or could be put in one
e.g. This little house in the woods is picturesque!

Vowel – a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)
Consonant – all the other letters

Regular – a person who goes somewhere regularly
e.g. He is a egular at this restaurant

Frantically – extremely worried and in a hurry
e.g. When his wife was hit by a car, he began frantically trying to help her and call an ambulance.

Supremacist – someone who believes that some types of people are better than others
e.g. The person who attacked the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch was a white supremacist (they thought that white people are better than other types of people).

Self-described – to tell other people that you believe something, or that you identify in some way
e.g. He is a self-described white supremacist (we didn’t decide that we think that he’s a white supremacist, HE told us that he is one).
e.g. He is a self-described teacher. (He doesn’t teach for living, but he likes to teach)

Live-stream – to make a video which people can watch as you are making it
e.g. Live-streams are a way to talk with people who are not in the place as you, usually by the internet.
e.g.  网红们 can make money by doing live-streams.

Internet Celebrity / E-celebrity / E-celeb – someone who is famous online

Electronic – a machine that runs on electricity (not gas, like a car), like computers, phones, coffeemakers (coffee machine), etc.; ways of doing things that don’t happen in person (e-mail: electronic mail; e-celebrity: someone who is famous online)

Apparently – how something appears, how it seems
e.g. Apparently, this store is now closed (I thought it was open, but it looks like it is actually closed)

Tackle – to jump on someone and knock them down
e.g. American football is about tackling the person who has the ball.

Spatula – a stick with a flat end used for cooking

Grammar

When you want to use two directions, always put north or south in front of east or west.
e.g. Northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast

Pronunciation

oo – this usually makes an ‘u’

Perimeter – per – ih – meh – ter

Picturesque – picture – esk

Supremacist – soo – pre – muh – sist