VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

make 1 sentence with until / enough and the vocabulary words

I work in a bank. At this time I work as a labour manager.
Im a shangainese. I never study in this country before never leave it.

When after work I prefer to watch movies meet my friends one or 2 a month. will play some games or to eat. I come here with my cousin. Maybe before I want to start improve my English I always want to improve but I don’t have decide  once my cousin tells me he wants to have a class to improve his English. I thought that was a good idea.

We have the first lesson at some other institute / education center but we think here is better so we come here.
Maybe I less use my English while I am working but maybe someone can speak English very well I feel so cool. so maybe when I meet a foreigner I feel a little nervous. I want to talk but I will think for a long time can’t speak. I can’t put the words together fastly. that is why I come here.

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I work in a bank. At this time/at the moment/right now I work as a labour manager.
I’m Shanghainese. I have never studied in another country.

When I finish work / after I finish work/ after work / When I am off work / when I am not working I prefer to watch movies, meet my friends once or twice a month. We usually play some games or eat something together. I come here with my cousin.

I always had the idea of improving my English but I never really made the decision. Once my cousin told me he wanted to have a class I thought I was a good idea.
I had been thinking about improving my English for a long time but I never started anything until my cousin told me he wanted to have a class.

We had the first lesson at some other institute / education center but we thought it is better is so we decided to study in SE.

I don’t use English much at work / I don’t speak English enough at work. /I felt I didn’t speak English often enough / I felt I didn’t have enough opportunities to speak English

but when I hear someone speak English well I feel it is so cool/ I am impressed.
When I meet a foreigner I feel a little nervous. I want to talk/say something/start a conversation but it takes me a long time to make a sentence / But it is hard for me to find the words.

I can’t put the words together fast enough. that is why I decided to come here.

Vocabulary

product 产品
I want to travel in Europe and buy some products in the airport because it is cheaper.

to find the words: find how to say something.
When I speak with a stranger I can’t find the words and that is why I need a beer.

to impress : make someone feel WOW.
I impressed my customer and he decided to open an account.
I did a presentation for my boss and he was impressed.

to be impressed : to feel wow
I was impressed by the movie. The actor is really handsome.

opportunity 机会
I want to speak English more often but it is hard to find the opportunity.

late night snacks: something you eat after dinner if you are still a little hungry in the night.
I decided to have a drink and some late night snacks with my friends.

gym : where you exercise 健身房
I go to the gym twice a week.

snack 小吃
I try not to eat snacks.

snake 🐍蛇
My father is snake. he was born in 1977.

africa 非洲
I want to go to Africa to have a safari.

zodiac sign
My father’s zodiac sign is the snake.

sour 酸的
The lemon cake was too sour.

Grammar

Have you been to Japan?
I went to Japan 2 years ago/ the year before last year.
I have never been to Japan.

I have never studied in another country.
I have never eaten African food.
I haven’t eaten African food yet.( it is a possibility in the future)

frequency : how often you do something
once : 1 time
I go to the gym once a week.

twice :2 times
I go to the gym twice a week.

I watch a movie 3 times a month
I go to Beijing 4 times a year.

good / well

use well with a verb
I sing well
I speak Chinese well.

use good in other situations
Your Chinese is very good.
The hamburger was not very good

until : you stop when you reach a condition
I decided to continue running until I got home
I watched movies until he came back.
cook the pasta until it is soft.
I didn’t drink until I felt a little terrible.

use less in a comparison (A<B)
I like beer more than wine / I like wine less than beer.

not enough : you need more / want more 不够多
I wanted to go Qinghua university but my score was not good enough.
I don’t speak English enough so I decided to have classes.
I want to learn painting but I don’t have enough time.
I want to have a trip to Europe but I don’t have enough days off.

Pronunciation

foreigner

foreign

snack / snake

gym