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.”
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