VIP Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Vocabulary

I just resigned from that company.

review my succeeder’s successor’s work

A nickel(5 cents) ain’t worth a dime(ten cents) anymore. – inflation, the value of money becomes less over time

discover – find something already there

eg: They discovered a new planet.

eg: The scientific law of gravity was discovered by Isaac Newton.

rampant – out of control

eg: Zimbabwe had some rampant inflation problems. People would carry around huge sacks of cash, and even just some food would cost millions of dollars.

principle – the idea of it, not the results

eg: I know it’s not a big deal, but it’s the principle of it. Even if he owes me one dollar he should pay it back.

Grammar

No preposition before some nouns – Home, Here, There

eg: I wanna go home. / I’m at home.

eg: Let’s go there.

eg: Are you here.

A downtown(adj) apartment

an apartment downtown (N)

I am downtown (no preposition)

Let’s go downtown.

I know of a good restaurant downtown.

I know of a good place to eat (which is) downtown. / I know a place to eat .

I know a good restaurant to eat at.

I heard of a guy who can help you get a visa. (You don’t know him)

Write about your trip to the US and how it changed your opinion.

Since the excellent performance during the past several decades, the US is considered the most powerful, advanced and attractive country in the world. In many people’s imagination, there are huge skyscrapers in downtowns, beautiful houses in towns and villages. Some millionaires live luxury life and the big middle-class people live abundant life. The poor should be minority in the society. All business are prosperous and great inventions always happen in this country first and lead the trend in the world.

I might have the same expectation before I started my second journey in the US. I had seen the Rust Belt cities 9 years before. They were lack of vitality and made me sad. But this time I would travel the whole abundant west coast, and I was really looking forward to see something different to tell me that the US was still the light-house of the civilian world.

Irvine and San Diego were fine. Basically met my expectation. Then I arrived in the Bay Area, which was the most vivid and prosperous district in the US. I trully had high expectation in it. But what I saw in San Fransisco and Oakland made me disappointed somehow.

Write about your trip to the US and how it changed your opinion.

Since the excellent performance during the past several decades, the US is considered the most powerful, advanced and attractive country in the world. In many people’s imagination, there are huge skyscrapers in downtowns, beautiful houses in towns and villages. Some millionaires live a luxurious life and the big middle-class people population live abundant lives. The poor should be the minority in the society. All businesses are prosperous and great inventions are always created happen in this country first and lead the trend in the world.

I might have had the same expectation before I started my second journey in the US. I had seen the Rust Belt cities 9 years before. They were lacking of vitality(object) and it made me sad (independent clause needs a subject). But this time I would travel the whole abundant west coast, and I was really looking forward to seeing something different to tell me that the US was still the lighthouse of the civilized world.

Irvine and San Diego were fine. They basically met my expectations. Then I arrived in the Bay Area, which was supposed to be the most vivid and prosperous [ region / area ] in the US. I truly had high expectations in of it. But what I saw in San Fransisco and Oakland made me disappointed somehow.

Pronunciation

Luxurious – Lugg Zsherry Yus

Execute -Ecksuh Cute

Executed – Ecksuh Kyu did