VIP Class Notes (Tony) [ W]

Find the meanings for five English words and make sentences for each of them.

Example

1. Money – is a thing that you give to people and they give you stuff or do stuff for you.

eg: Everybody wants more money.

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Vocabulary

translate – change a word from one language to another

eg: Translation is never perfect. For example some words you have in Chinese and we don’t have in English.

interpret (V) – to understand something, in your way interpretation (n)

eg: He told me he was busy. I interpreted that as him saying he doesn’t wanna see me.

eg: That was my interpretation of the story.

Alcohol – a natural substance, found in many drinks. Beer has about 5% alcohol. Where Liquor can have 20-50% Alcohol.

eg: Some Chinese translations call Bai Jiu, “White wine.” Which just sounds crazy, of course it is not wine. It’s not even made with grapes.

Liquor – Strong alcohol. Vodka, Whiskey, Baijiu, Rum, Gin…

eg: BaiJiu is clear Chinese liquor.

Wine – alcohol made from grapes (Pu tao)

eg:  A lot of wine is red, because most grapes are red or purple. White wine comes from green grapes.

Chinglish Vs. English

Chinese: Wo bu yao gen ni yiqi shuo hua
I not want with you together talk

English: I don’t want to talk with you.

Wo mei you sheng qi
I no have angry

English: I’m not angry.

My favorite things is a rug at home. I bought it in IKEA where sell furniture looks so simple but it always practical. The rug’s color is white. I like white, because I think white things usually good and lasting. And it feels very soft I put it on my sofa. And another favorite things is a pillow that looks like a cloud, it is pretty cute. Also there are some essential oil in it, so it smells sweet.

My favorite thing is a rug at home. I bought it at IKEA, where they sell furniture that looks so simple but it is always practical. The rug is white. I like white, because I think white things usually look good and have lasting style. And it feels very soft. I put it on my sofa. And another one of my favorite things is a pillow that looks like a cloud, it is pretty cute. Also there are some essential oils in it, so it smells sweet.

Grammar

He/She/It + V. + S

eg: She wants to see it.

eg: It goes over the mountain.

eg: He does not like it.

he want he wants

he want to lose his weight – he wants to lose his weight

Past Tense –

he wanted to lose weight, so he didn’t eat breakfast today.

Why did you buy that bag?
I wanted a small bag.

We don’t eat breakfast today.

Don’t  = Usually or always Do not

Today = Usually, Always

We didn’t eat breakfast today.

We don’t eat breakfast ______. (When?)

We don’t eat breakfast every day.

We don’t eat breakfast on Sundays. (every Sunday)
Mondays, Tuesdays, Weekends, Weekdays, On holidays

Pronunciation

Interpret – In Terr Prett

Interpretation – In Terr Pruh Tay shun

A.P.P. – A.P.P. ap