VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S+G]

Maybe I will drink some cold drinks in summer but I didn’t do it in Winter.
I prefer summer because I don’t like to live in a cold environment and I need to wear too many clothes in winter and I think it is too heavy.

Maybe I will drink some cold drinks in summer but I won’t do it in Winter.
I prefer summer because I don’t like to live in a cold environment and I need to wear too many clothes in winter and I think it is too heavy.

Vocabulary

legal(adj) 合法
illegal 不合法 (against the law)
Stealing is illegal, if you do that you will go to jail.

stream (n/v) 流播: accessing content from the internet without saving it to your harddisk first
I streamed the movie from Iqiyi. / Iqiyi is a website for streaming movies.
I watched a live stream of the competition.
live streaming is popular in china.

To disturb : 打扰
I don’t like to be disturbed when I am studying because I need to focus.

regret (n/v) 后悔
Tom cried because he had many regrets
Tom regretted not saying goodbye to Jerry.

conflict: a disagreement which can lead to violence争端／战斗
I wanted to use the time machine to go the past but my parents wanted to use it to go to the future so we had a conflict. (争端)
The conflict between Russia and America started the Cold War.
I had a conflict with my friend and we were both unhappy.
Currently there is a trade conflict between America and China.

standard: a value for reference / a level you use to compare to other things 水平/标准
Shanghai (probably) has a better living standard than Wulumuqi.
This factory follows high-quality standards.
I feel that the pace in smaller cities is too slow because I am used to the pace in Shanghai. The pace in Shanghai, it is my standard.
The standard of the exam is too high so I can’t pass it.
交通大学 has very high standards for the students.
According to our standard this result was not good enough but according to their standard it was ok.

Grammar

conditional:

Practice :

1st conditional:
If I do a good job in the exam my parents will be happy.
If they are happy they will give me a gift.
If they give me a gift I will work hard to receive more gifts
If I get more gifts, my room will be too small
If my room is too small I will ask my parents for a big room.
If I ask for a big room they will tell me to study harder
If they tell me to study harder I will be unhappy.
If I get unhappy, I will burn my school books
If I burn my school books my parents will punish me
If they punish me, I will get a smaller room.
If I get a smaller room, I will be angry and make mistakes in the exam.

2nd conditional:
refer to the class notes from Nov 18

3rd conditional:
When I was 6 If I had had a guitar I would have played all the time.
If I had played all the time my parents would have thought it was noisy.
If they had thought it was noisy, they would have bought headphones.
If they had bought headphones, they wouldn’t have heard my little brother crying in the bed.
If they had not heard him, he would have disturbed the neighbors.
If he had disturbed the neighbors, they would have talked to my parents.
If they had talked to my parents, my parents would have sold the headphones.
If my parents had sold the headphones, they would have heard the sound of my guitar again.

regret (not)doing something:
Tom regretted not saying goodbye to Jerry.
I regret not moving to Beijing last year.
Tom regrets doing illegal things because he is now in jail.