VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Speaking exercise

A: What are the ten things you can’t live without?

The first thing is my phone.

The second thing is key to my home.

tissue, because I am easily allergic to dust

makeup, eyeliner, foundation cushion, lipstick, blush, eyebrow pencil, I have to maintain my beauty

planner

portable charger, I have a lack of security / a sense of security 

headphones

water      If in winter, I always take a thermo cup.

bandaid     I always bleed

soap

Vocabulary

convenient – fang bian

portable – can be easier carried

lack of …. – don’t have sth.

sense – gan jue

bleed (v.) – liu xie

itchy – yang

scratch – zhua

I’ll get over it – The thing is no big deal.

Nobel – nuo bei er

prize – the award (jiang xiang)

award – to give

committee – the organization that controls sth.

judge (noun.) – someone who give an opinion (评委)

judge (v.) – to decide if sth is good or not (ping lun)
i.e. We should not judge a book by its cover.

effort (noun.) – nu li

combat (v.) – to fight

hunger (noun.) – ji e

contribution – effort

conflict (noun.) – mao dun

affect (v.) – ying xiang

driving force – leading force

force – li liang

weapon – wu qi

humble (adj.) – qian xu

incredible – amazing

recognition – know the good in sb. (shang shi)

dedication (noun.) – jin ye
i.e. Shadow was recognized for her dedication to her job.

dedicated (adj.) – jin ye
i.e. Shadow is a very dedicated person, she is always working.

donation – juan kuan

be promoted – bei sheng zhi

incentive – gu li

support – zhi chi

mentally – 精神的

I will support him mentally. 精神上支持

local office / branch

eel – man yu

ramen – la mian

Reading

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded the prize by the Nobel Committee in Norway on Friday. The Nobel judges spoke about why they gave the award to the WFP. They said the WFP got the award, “for its efforts to combat hunger” and “for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas”. They said another reason was that the WFP acted, “as a driving force to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”. The WFP tweeted: “We are deeply humbled to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This is an incredible recognition of the dedication of the WFP family, working to end hunger every day in 80-plus countries.”