VIP Class Notes (Raph)[S]

we talked about her future studies and about her struggles learning and retaining English vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Distant (adj): 1- far away. 2- part of your family but not closely related,
E.g.: He now lives in a distant country
E.g.: She could hear the distant sound of fireworks.
E.g.: ​He is a distant relative.
E.g.: He are distant cousins.

Passionate (adj): 1- having very strong feelings or emotions.
E.g.: He made a passionate speech, asking the people for help.
E.g.: Joe is passionate about baseball (= he likes it very much).
E.g.: Casey is very passionate about sports.

Gossip (n): 1-  conversation or reports about other people’s private lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true.
E.g.: Her letter was full of gossip.
E.g.: I don’t like gossip.
E.g.: I’ve got some gossip for you.
E.g.: Have you heard the (latest) gossip?

Celebrity (n): 1- a famous person.
E.g.: Anne Hathaway is Casey’s favorite celebrity.
E.g.: She reads a lot of celebrity gossip.

Pregnant (adj): 1- having a baby or babies developing inside of you.
E.g.: She’s five and a half months pregnant.
E.g.: Anne Hathaway is pregnant right now.

Theory (n): 1- 理论

Original:

It’s too difficult to learn English. In my primary school, my English is great, but when I went to middle school, my English so terrible until now. And the important thing is my major is English. Not general English, it is business English. Too difficult. I think I should more speaking, because sometimes when you speaking I can understand you, but let me say things, I can’t very clearly to express my opinion. And grammar or vocabulary I think is not very terrible, just a little. When I write something I can very care about grammar, but when I speaking I usually said Chinglish.

Edited:

Learning English is very difficult. In primary school my English was great, but since I went to middle school, it has gotten worse, even though my major is Business English. I think I should do more speaking, because when you speak I can understand you, but when I need to do that, I can’t express my opinions very clearly.  I think my grammar and my vocabulary are not very terrible. When I write something I can be careful about grammar, but when I speak I usually use Chinglish.

Grammar

I’m finishing high school one years later. – I’m finishing high school in one year / one year from now.

My score can’t get that school. – My score in the National Exam was too low for me to get into that school.

Last, last class. – Two classes ago / The class before last.

It’s very pain. – It’s very painful.

Pronunciation

Yell: /jel/

Innocent: /ˈɪn.ə.s^ənt/

Naive: /naɪˈiːv/

Gossip: /ˈɡɑː.səp/

Celebrity: /səˈleb.rə.t̬i/

Pregnant: /ˈpreɡ.nənt/

Theory: /ˈθɪr.i/