VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

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In China I have buy lessons 3 years ago. Recently they got more and more strict on the rules. So 3 years ago I took the preparation of the test and I gave a pack of cigarettes to the coach. When I came the test, the coach told the inspector: Do me a favor, this student she is a VIP student, please help her to pass the test.
So we actually, I drive it on the road and the inspector sit on the side and he kept telling me how to do.
Then he will just said maybe there is a camera here for the test so you need to be very careful. Sometimes he felt I am not doing the right way he would put his hands on the steering wheel. So I just passed but I’m a bad driver. The longest way I drive is from subways station to my place.

I believe someday there will be an auto car but I cannot persuade my parents with it so I took the lessons to make them stop.

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In China I took diving lessons 3 years ago. Recently they got more and more strict on the rules/recently the enforce the rules more carefully/recently it is getting tougher . So 3 years ago while I was preparing for the test I gave several packs of cigarettes to the coach. When I went to the test/when the test came, the coach told the inspector: Do me a favor, this student she is a VIP student, please help her to pass the test/please be nice to her/ please be lenient.
I drove and the inspector sat beside me and he kept telling me what to do / he kept giving directions
Then he would just say maybe there is a camera here for the test so you need to be very careful. Sometimes he felt I am not doing things/driving properly / Sometimes when he felt I was about to make a mistake he would put his hands on the steering wheel. So I just passed but I’m a bad driver. The longest distance I drove is from the subways station to my place.
I believe someday there will be self-driving cars/AI driven cars but I couldn’t persuade my parents of it so I took the lessons to make them stop.

Vocabulary

to take / to attend classes/
I attended 10 classes before I felt ready to take the test.

license / a document that proves you are ready to do something
I got my driving license when I was 18.
007 has a license to kill.
My dad has a gun license

inspector / a person who evaluates/inspects something
The driving inspector (driving examiner) sat beside me during the driving test.

supervisor / someone who makes sure things run smoothy
I got caught cheating by the supervisor.

to supervise / to make sure things run smoothly
The director supervised project XYZ

driver’s seat
In China the driver’s seat is on the left but in HK it is on the right.

passenger’s seat / seat next to the driver’s
He sat besides me in the passenger’s seat.

back seat
Our friends say in the back seat.

to be about to do something / when you are almost ready to do something
I was about to jump from the building when my friend stopped me.
I was about to hand in my homework when I realized I misspelled my name

to commit suicide / to kill oneself
He lost his house and committed suicide a month later.

a spot / place
The most famous tourist spot in Beijing is the forbidden city.

a saying 成语
There is a saying in Chinese ……

to persuade / to convince / to talk someone into doing something 
to convince someone to do something 
I persuaded him to give up smoking.

To convince someone of something:
He convinced the HR manager of his talent and was hired on the spot.

to convince someone that something (is true):
I convinced her that she didn’t need to do her homework to pass the test.

Grammar

I drive my car/ I drive it on the road -> simply say I drive

get in / get out of  (car)

get on / get off (train / bus)

Pronunciation

license vs lessons

spot / sport