VIP Class Notes (Phil)

Today we focused on:

talked about psychological problems in society

Vocabulary

communication tool

english is a useful communication tool

psychologist – the job

psychological problems – depression

Social/Family pressure – expectations for money, job , marriage to have a higher social status

in shanghai there is a lot of social pressure

depression – 

nervous breakdown – the result of depression

after experiencing depression he had a nervous breakdown

commit suicide – people kill themselves

strict – a person who controls a lot

my mother was strict when i was younger.

inferior – to feel less than somebody

Speaking exercise

i had a travel – i travelled 

many time – a lot of free time

higher level – higher social status 

develop yourself – self development 

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.