VIP Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

Neutral – something that doesn’t take sides, give anyone an advantage 中性
e.g. A judge is supposed to be neutral so that they decide who has the better arguments, not who they like better.

Political Consulting – when you help companies to understand the situation in another country

Debt – money someone gave you before and you have to give them back

March (verb) – to walk like a soldier

Data – information, especially for research

Relative – comparing two or more things
e.g. Relative to the population in China, my friend does not eat a lot of rice. However, relative to the population in the United States, he eats a lot of rice.

Chinese Chestnut – 板栗

Baseball – 棒球

Grammar

Two years later – After two years

I have much work – lots / a lot

My schedule is full until March in 2020 – of

I have did some research – done

These cells can be beating together – beat

If they doesn‘t beat they are died – If they don’t beat that means they are dead

I was born in there – I was born there
— Only use “in” if you really mean to talk about something/some place with an inside, e.g. drawer, box, a room, a car, etc.

It have a new shop – There is a new shop
I meet a new shop – I found
— “Meet” is more for new people; “find” is for new things

Pronunciation

License – lie – sense