VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

What do you think is your parent’s best quality? Or what did / do you like most about your parent’s parenting style?

Do you think most Chinese people have a good relationship with their parents?

Vocabulary

Invent – when you make something that no one else has ever made before 发明

There’s no need to reinvent the wheel – if we already have wheels that we can use, there’s no need to do all the work of trying to make a new one; what we have is enough
e.g. If you still have a homework from the last class, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. We’ll just assign that homework again!

Fattening – something that makes you fat if you have too much
e.g. Grace doesn’t drink milk tea because she thinks that it is fattening.

Bubbles / Pearls – 奶茶珍珠

Caffeine – something in tea and coffee that gives you energy
e.g. If Grace drinks milk tea too late, she can’t get to sleep.

Sticky – when two things touch and you can’t pull them apart
e.g. Some types of candy become sticky if they get wet.

Chewy – something that is nice to chew on
e.g. These bubbles are just chewy enough to be very nice in the tea.

(Food) Delivery – when you buy something on your phone and someone brings it to your apartment 外卖

Premier – the very first showing of a movie (in some region)
e.g. The movie’s world premier will be this Friday, but the Asian premier will be in Shanghai the next week.

Open – start showing a movie
e.g. Spider-man will open at the local theater this weekend.

Live-Action – with real actors, not cartoons

Not necessarily – not true all the time, not quite; really
e.g. It is not necessarily a bad thing to be talkative, but it is not necessarily a good thing either (sometimes it’s good to be talkative, sometimes it’s not)

Grammar

I think their bubbles is the best – are

You can choose every one you like – anything

Use “-ing” to make noun phrases (a “what” of more than one word)
e.g. I think being talkative is good
— “Being talkative” is one thing, a what; the two words together are one idea

I will go to see the movie Spiderman on this weekend. I think this movie, first show is this Thursday. It’s a real-man movie. I like Spiderman. He like talk a lot, and he is cute, and smart, and he likes to help others. But, if he is not a hero, I think talk a lot is not a good thing. The hero I like the most is Captain, because just like you just said, he got everything! Everything is good! And handsome! I have a little sad because Captain will not appear in Marvel anymore.

I will go to see the movie Spiderman movie on this weekend. I think this movie first show is opens this Thursday. It’s a live-action movie. I like Spiderman. He likes to talk a lot, and he is cute, and smart, and he likes to help others. But, if he were not a hero, I think being so talkative a lot is not necessarily a good thing. The hero I like the most is Captain America, because just like you just said, he has got everything! Everything is good! And handsome! I have am a little sad though because (the old) Captain America will not appear in Marvel movies anymore.

Pronunciation

Sixteen vs. Sistine – siks – teen vs. siss – teen