VIP Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Prepositions:

AT or IN

eg: I’m at the office

eg: I’m in the office.

On the bed / In bed

In the couch / On the couch

In a chair / On a chair

Vocabulary

to be smart about (doing something)

eg: He is smart about managing his bank accounts.

panoramic (adj) – a very wide view, like windows, sunroof, photos

eg: The restaurant has panoramic windows that let a lot of daylight inside.

Flatmate – (European) people who live in same home as you.

eg: I have 3 flatmates.

roommate – (American) people who live in same home as you.

eg: I have a roommate, we share all the things in the apartment.

facilities – 1. Gym, Pool, Bathroom, a part of a building or place, that has a special, use.(n.),

2. something (such as a building or large piece of equipment) that is built for a specific purpose

eg: The Airbnb in HK didn’t have any facilities. We needed to find a place to do our laundry and take showers.

Use (N.)

eg: There is no use for a fingerprint scanner on the bathroom door.

Need (N)

eg: There is no need for that (kind of) language in here Luna. (Luna is saying bad words)

take off – leave

eg: I’m gonna take off soon.

I took off from July 28th and I went to HK for five days, with my friend. We found an Airbnb which is located in Kowloon. We had a reservation from the Airbbnb which is located in Kowloon its very convenient because there is 4 main lines nearby the station. And we tried local food, and did some shopping. And we saw the fireworks on Sept. 30th. And then just one thing bad which is there were so many people on the street and its very crowded that we can not move easily. So and its like we still in Shanghai, so many Shanghainese.

I took work off from July 28th and I went to HK for five days with my friend. We had a reservation from an Airbbnb which is located in Kowloon its very convenient because there are 4 main lines at the station. And we tried some local food, and did some shopping. And we saw the fireworks on Sept. 30th. And then there was one bad thing. There were so many people on the street that we could not move easily. So  its like we are still in Shanghai, so many Shanghainese were there.

Grammar

[ there was one bad thing / something bad happened ]

Multitasking (V) –

eg: He is multitasking.

Multitasking (N)

eg: He’s good at multitasking.