VIP Class Notes (Nick) [W]

Test your vocabulary.
Finish talking about the transcription below (writing section).
Focus on connecting sentences with words like “hope, suggest, recommend.”

Review your vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Right-handed / Left-handed – which hand do you use more often, or for more difficult tasks (like writing)
e.g. I am right-handed, but I use my mouse with my left hand.

South-paw – someone who uses their left hand, especially in baseball or boxing

Paw – the foot of an animal
e.g. Dogs have four paws.

Mouth guard – something sports players wear to protect their teeth
e.g. Mouth guards were not always popular among hockey players, which is why so many of them are missing teeth.

Top- / Bottom-teeth – the teeth closer to your nose, or to your chin

Chin – the pointy part at the bottom of your face

Brass instruments – metal instruments you play by blowing
Trumpet – smallest one

French Horn – high/middle
Trombone – low/middle (with the slide)
Tuba – lowest and biggest

Audition – when you do something to show how well you can do it

Report Card – when a student gets their grades from all their teachers, for all the subjects they are studying
e.g. Her report card was very good, but German was the worst.

Protective – to worry about the safety of someone or something
e.g. I am very protective of my daughter.

Picky – you don’t like a lot of things; usually about food
e.g. She won’t eat carrots. She is very picky!

Grammar

I suggest her to – I suggest that she [verb] [what]
I hope her to – I hope that she

Very logic – very logical

Unit 8
What kind of food do you like?
I like all kinds of foods.
Really? Can you eat spicy food?
I love spicy food,The hotter is better.
You are so lucky?
Why my lucky?
It’s terrible when I eat hotter pepper.
Can’t you eat TAI or Mexican?
Yes,I can but only it’s really bland.
Do you eat out very often?
Sometimes.
Do you have a favorite restaurant?
I do have a favorite vegetarian restaurant .
Are you a vegetarian ?
Yes,I am.
So you don’t eat chicken,or pork?
No chicken, No pork. But I do eat fish.
Are you Vegetarian is for health reasons? Or religion reasons?
Mostly for health reasons.
Often talk about food makes me hungry.
Are you hungry?
Yes,I am.Would you like to go to my favorite vegetarian restaurant?
What is good there?
Well ,of course,the fresh vegetables are outstanding.
Sounds delicious.
Let’s go.

Unit 8
What kind of food do you like?
I like all kinds of foods.
Really? Can you eat spicy food?
I love spicy food The hotter (it is) the better (it is).
You are so lucky!
Why am I lucky?
It’s terrible when I eat hot peppers.
Can’t you eat TAI or Mexican?
Yes,I can but only it’s really bland.
Do you eat out very often?
Sometimes.
Do you have a favorite restaurant?
I do have a favorite vegetarian restaurant .
Are you a vegetarian ?
Yes,I am.
So you don’t eat chicken,or pork?
No chicken, No pork. But I do eat fish.
Are you Vegetarian is for health reasons? Or religion reasons?
Mostly for health reasons.
Often talk about food makes me hungry.
Are you hungry?
Yes,I am.Would you like to go to my favorite vegetarian restaurant?
What is good there?
Well ,of course,the fresh vegetables are outstanding.
Sounds delicious.
Let’s go.

Pronunciation:

Other, Either, Rather, Bother

Dead vs. Debt vs. That
— “D” vs. “T” is whether you use your voice