VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

What do you have to do to set up the museum in Chongqing? How many paintings will you show?

Vocabulary

Basement – a floor of a building that is underground

Browser – what you use to find things on the internet
e.g. Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera

Mascot – a small character (maybe an animal) that represents a brand
e.g. McDonald’s had “Ronald McDonald”
e.g. QQ has a penguin as a mascot

Penguin – a black-and-white bird that swims in the water and lives in Antarctica (the very south end of the world)

Shopping Mall – a large area with many different stores
Department Store – one large store with many different parts
e.g. No. 1 is the oldest mall in China.
e.g. Macy’s is a famous department store from New York.

Museum – 博物馆
Exhibition – 展览

Original Size – 1:1 between the copy and the original work of art

Ceiling – the top of the inside of room
Roof – the top of the outside of building

Humid – when there is a lot of water in the air 潮湿
e.g. Shanghai is very humid in the spring.
Fog – when clouds come down to where people live; when the air is so humid that you are in a cloud 雾

IP (intellectual property) – ideas you can own
Copyright – a specific type of IP that lets you make copies of something and sell them

Old Masters – artists (usually painting, but maybe also sculpture, music, etc.) who everyone recognizes as masters, as very important influences on all art
e.g. Michelangelo is an Old Master.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_master

Grammar

No. 1 is more larger than K11 – “larger” is already enough to compare the buildings because it has “-er” on the end

This building is long history building – This building has a long history / this is a historical building

To – can be used to show the reason for doing something
e.g. I cut my hair to look good for the pictures.
e.g. I went to the store to buy some milk.

Easy to you – easy for you

Sweden – Swedish (adjective)

I will go to Chongqing to art museum opening, and we will work together. I have the Michelangelo. I buy the IP from America and show it in China, and always in the shopping mall we can do the art museum, pop-up museum. Always three months and we sawed/sold tickets. Many people came.

With famous artists like Michelangelo, everyone can understand. But modern art is difficult to understand. Their painting show their feeling and maybe their religion. So I think modern art is show themselves. They don’t care the others understand them. I bring this from Sweden. This is Sweden IP from Sweden University Professor. Dr. Samuel West made it. He is my partner. We made the museum in Shanghai.

I will go to Chongqing to an art museum opening, and my partner and I will work together. I have the copyrights for a Michelangelo exhibition / to exhibit a copy of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. I bought the IP rights from America and to show it in China. and We always set up pop-up art museums in the shopping malls. we can do the pop-up art museum. We always sell tickets for three months and we sold tickets. Many people come.

With famous artists like Michelangelo, everyone can understand. But modern art is difficult to understand. The paintings of the Old Masters show their feelings and maybe their religious devotion, but I think modern art is about showing the artist / artist’s perspective. The artists don’t care the whether / if others understand them. I am bringing / I brought this exhibition from Sweden. This is Swedish IP from a Swedish University Professor. Dr. Samuel West made it. He is my partner for this exhibition. We made set up the museum in Shanghai.

Pronunciation

Switzerland – be careful to say the “tzer,” so not just Swiss-land but Swit – ser – land

Sawed vs. sold – be careful with “L”; “L” is a tongue sound, and you should not close your mouth; “W” is a mouth movement