VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [R + W]

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My favorite place in Japan is Daikanyama；I can take my whole day there
First，there are many fashion shops which are designer brands，regardless of the price，I always buy a lot
Second，my favorite perfume brand “Lelabo” flags hop is located near the Daikanyama station；and this is not an advertising，I just want to share with my friends to try no.10 Gaiac Tokyo limited edition next time
At last but not the least，there are some good restaurant and coffee shop which can let me take a rest after crazy shopping
I hope I can go there soon！~

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My favorite place in Japan is Daikanyama；I can spend my whole day there
First，there are many fashion shops which are designer brands  / there are many designers’ clothes shops ，regardless of the price，I always buy a lot
Second，my favorite perfume brand “Le labo” flag shop is located near the Daikanyama station；and this is not an advertising，I just want to share it to my friends and make them try no.10 Gaiac Tokyo limited edition next time / I just want to push my friends to try no.10….. / I just want to convince my friends to try it
last but not least / at last/ finally，there are some good restaurants and coffee shops which can let me take a rest after crazy shopping / which offer good places to relax after a shopping spree
I hope I can go there (again) soon！~

Vocabulary

spree (n) 狂热
I went on a shopping spree yesterday,  I will eat noddles for the rest of the month.

to convince (v) : when you tell someone about something and you change their mind (usually based on data)
I want to convince my boss to let me work from home

to persuade (v): same as convince but more based on feelings  ( per sway d)
My friend persuaded me to keep trying

convincing (adj)
John told us his product is the best but he wasn’t very convincing
This ad is not very convincing

persuasive (adj) (per sway ziv)
My friend is very persuasive

Pronunciation

when reading a number in English start from the left and read until the coma (,) then say the unit , then repeat

140,350 = one hundred forty thousand three hundred fifty.

55,250,930=fifty five million two hundred fifty thousand nine hundred thirty

199,200.26 = one hundred ninety nine thousand two hundred point two six

x,000 : thousand

x,000,000: million

x,000,000,000: billion

x,000,000,000,000: trillion

never use s with a specific number
there are thousands of people in the room (no specific number -> S)
there are three thousand people in the room(specific -> no S)

%

Fractions (/)
read the first number normally and the number after / as a date +s

discounts :
The logic in Chinese and English are opposite
a discount of 70% -> 3折

a discount of + number : there is a discount of 35%
number off : it is 35% off

I bought a phone 20% off during 11/11 that was a good deal

Practice:

2,500,000,256.56 : two billion five hundred million two hundred fifty six point five six

25% : twenty five percent

3/8 : three eights
2 3/4: two and three fourth

USD 250.50 : two hundred fifty dollars fifty cents / two hundred fifty fifty

EUR25.30 : twenty five euros thirty cents / thirty five thirty

4折 ： a discount of sixty percent / sixty percent off