VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S+W]

Homework

Do you think people should go to college (and get a student loan) or do you think they should just work directly?

Speaking exercise

I think tomorrow it will have heavy raining so I think I will cancel.
I don’t care the style or the musician I just care about the melody.
several years ago I have go to the concert but I think the ticket is very expensive so I don’t often go to the concert.
The feeling are there and sing the song together with the musician.
I can’t see the difference so that is ok.
It is named no person can live from a British writer, it is very horrible, it shows a story about crime and kill persons and many people


I think tomorrow it will have heavy rains so I think I will cancel./ I think it will rain heavily tomorrow so I will probably cancel.
I don’t care about the style or the musician I just care about the melody/rhythm.
Several years ago I went to a concert but I think the ticket was very expensive so I don’t often go to concerts.
The feeling are different and sing the song together with the singer.
I can’t see/notice the difference so that is ok.
It is a play named no one can live from a British writer, it is horrifying, it shows a story about murders.

Writing exercise

One of my most favorite song named “what a wonderful world” which is a jazz from Louis Armstrong.It is also from a famous moive,but i forgot the name. the lyrics of the song discribe the world where we can see blue skies and white clouds.there are lots of green trees and red rosses ,and they bloom for us. and all of the person in that world are very nice,shaking hands each other, waching the babies cry and grow .when i litsen these song i feel very comfortable, it’s joyful. i am a fan of Louis Armstrong.


One of my most favorite song is named/One of my most favorite song’s name is “what a wonderful world” which is a jazz song from Louis Armstrong.
It is also from a famous movie, but I forgot the name. the lyrics of the song describe a world where we can see blue skies and white clouds.there are lots of green trees and red roses ,and they bloom for us. and all of the people in that world are very nice, shaking hands with each other, watching the babies cry and grow .when I listen to these song I feel very comfortable, it’s joyful. I am a fan of Louis Armstrong.

Vocabulary

Switzerland 🇨🇭瑞士
Switzerland has many nice mountains.

degree 学历
The degree isn’t that important in our company.

work experience 经历
I have 30 years work experience in internet companies

safe 安全
Shanghai is a very safe city.

the bund 外滩
Last week end I took my mother around the bund

horrible : very very very bad
The food was horrible.
I had a horrible day.

murder : the crime of killing someone
The policeman was working on a murder.

murderer (n) : killer
The murdered was an old man with a knife.

horror (n)恐惧😱 strong fear
I watched a horror movie.

horrifying (adj)
The play was horrifying, many people screamed.

to scream 尖叫
People were scared and screamed.

opera house : Where people watch plays/ ballet and opera
I went to the opera house to watch a ballet.

train 火车
I took the train to Beijing

a play 演出
I watched a play last night.

to name (name named named)
I named my cat Tiger.

person (1)
The person waiting for me was a tall guy.

people (many)
The people waiting for me were all my friends.

Grammar

to listen to something
I listened to a song from 王菲.
I listened to the newest song of 杨天气

to care about something
I don’t care about the price of the ticket, I just want to see him.

The – specific – 1 special one
I bought the iPhone Xr.
I watched the avengers.

a – one among others/ there are many different ones.
I bought an iPhone.
I watched a movie

when talking about something, first use a then use the
I booked a restaurant for this week end.
The
restaurant is on the bund.

comparative : (between 2)
1 – short word (less than 2 syllables ) word +er/r (taller/cheaper/smaller/nicer…)
I am taller than John

1 – long word ( 2 syllables or more ) more + word (more beautiful, more important, more expensive, more handsome….)
iPhones are more expensive than android phones.

exceptions : Bad -> worse / good -> better

superlative (comparing more than 2 things)
1 – short word (less than 2 syllables ) the word +st/est (tallest/cheapest/smallest/nicest/newest)
The newest iPhone is the iPhone Xs.
Last week I went to 3 restaurants to have dinner but I think the best one is named comus.

1 – long word ( 2 syllables or more ) the most + word (the most beautiful, the most important, the most expensive, the most handsome….)
The most expensive houses in Shanghai are in Xintiandi.
The most beautiful flowers are roses.

exceptions :bad -> the worst . good -> the best

Pronunciation

bag

bank