VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Is Venom a superhero or a super-villain? Why? What did Venom do that was either good or evil? What about the hosts? Are the hosts good or evil?

Think about this to do a speaking next time.

Vocabulary

Housing Authority – the part of the government that needs to know where you live 房管局

Working Hours – the time you are working
e.g. Our regular working hours are from 12 until 9.

Job and Work
— A job is something specific. It’s either one thing you need to do, or it’s a position that you have.
e.g. Our job today is to clean the kitchen.
e.g. My job is to teach English; my job is as an English teacher.
— Work is more general.
e.g. I have to go to work (we don’t know what it is, but it’s a place)
e.g. We have some work to do (we don’t know what it is, but it’s a thing)

Object – what receives the action of the verb 宾语
e.g. I went to see you yesterday.

Superstar – a person who is extremely famous
e.g. Michael Jackson was a superstar.
Superhero – someone with abilities that normal humans don’t have
e.g. Venom is a new superhero.
Super-villain – a very evil person with abilities that normal humans don’t have
e.g. The Joker is a famous super-villain from the Batman comics.

Host – someone who invites another person to their house/apartment 主人; a creature that another one lives inside of
e.g. This party is very nice! Where is the host so I can tell them?
e.g. Venom is actually an alien that requires a human host.

Justified – something that has a good reason
e.g. Since the second half of Venom was good, and the first half was necessary to understand the second half, the first half is justified even though it was scary.

Leave vs. Go – both mean that you are not going to stay in some place
— Leave focuses on not wanting to be somewhere.
— Go focuses on needing/wanting to be in another place.
e.g. This party is too noisy. I want to leave (being here is too unpleasant).
e.g. It’s late, so I need to go home (it’s not that I don’t like what’s happening here, but I need to get to bed)

Grammar

Not vs. No – “not” is to show the opposite of something; “no” is to disagree
e.g. He is not tall.
e.g. Do you like this? No!

Usually the adverb goes after the object:
e.g. I ate the cheeseburger quickly.

It’s raining today, so staying at home is a good choice. Yesterday I went to fangguanju. I rent my house and I need to go to this place to let the government know that I am renting a house. I think it’s very boring and you need to go there many times to finish the work. That job time is 9 to 11 o’clock. I went there at 10:30, so there was no enough time. I had to go back home and went to that place yesterday afternoon again.

It’s raining today, so staying at home is a good choice. Yesterday I went to the Housing Authority. I rent my house and I needed to go to this place (there) to let the government know that I am renting a house. I think it’s very boring and you need to go back there many times to finish the work complete the process/residence change. Their working hours are from 9 to 11 o’clock and 13 to 15. I went there at 10:30, so there was not enough time. I had to go back home and return/go back to that place again yesterday afternoon again.

Pronunciation

Venom – veh – num
— “V” is putting your top lip against your bottom teeth and using your voice
— “M” is closing your lips
Be a little stronger with these sounds!