VIP Class Notes (Vicki)
Speaking exercise
I’m based in China. I’m a product manager of China SFA. And I have been working here for over a year.
Pronunciation
“in”
tin, bin, fin, pin, win
“ill”
grill
son vs song
sun vs sung
man vs men
we
Reading
Scientists think they have found an answer to the problem of food shortages. One solution could be for us to eat jellyfish. This could also help to protect fish and other sea life that are endangered. Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia conducted a study of fishing around the world. They discovered that fishing nets caught 92 endangered species of seafood and 11 species of marine life classed as “critically endangered”. The researchers said this was not illegal as the creatures were not protected. Researcher Dr Leslie Robertson said: “Despite national and international commitments to protect threatened species, we actively fish for many of these threatened species.”
The researchers warned we are eating species of fish and other sea life that are on the brink of extinction. They suggested that eating jellyfish could help protect fish that are in danger of disappearing from our seas and oceans. Jellyfish could become a common sight on menus, and we could ask for jellyfish and chips instead of fish and chips. The researchers said jellyfish could be a sustainable alternative at seafood restaurants and fish shops. Dr Robertson said seafood is “not as sustainable as consumers would like to think”. She added: “It is possible to manage our fisheries sustainably and eat species that can survive the fishing pressure. We just have to care about weird-looking squishy things like sea cucumbers.”
Vocabulary
cucumber – huang gua
squishy – soft and wet
survive – xing cun
pressure – ya li
fishery – bu yu ye
consumer – the person who buy
sustainable – ke chi cu de
alternative – another option bei xuan
sight – shi ye
brink – edge bian yuan
extinction – mie jue
fish (v.) – diao yu / bu yu
jellyfish – shui mu
endangered – bao hu de
conduct – zhi xing
danger – wei xian
fishing – diao yu
species – zhong
marine – hai de
critically – yan zhong de
i.e. He is critically hurt.
illegal – wei fa de
legal – he fa de
creature – sheng wu
despite – jin guan
commitment – cheng nuo
threatened – bei wei xie de
Grammar
SVO
present tense
present simple – is/am/are; do/does
i.e. I am a teacher.
i.e. I eat breakfast.
general fact, an action that happened often
present continuous – is/am/are + doing
i.e. I am teaching a class right now.
specific action that is happening
i.e. I am listening to the class.
past tense
past simple – was/were; did
i.e. I was a student 2 years ago.
i.e. I did my homework last night.
general fact in the past, an action that happened often in the past
past continuous – was/were + doing
i.e. I was drinking water just now.
i.e. I was taking a class yesterday.
specific action at a specific time in the past
future tense
future simple – will + be/do
i.e. I will be a teacher in the future.
i.e. I will do my homework tmr.
general fact in the future, an action that will happen in the future
future continuous – will be + doing
i.e. I will be taking a class tmr.
i.e. I will be sleeping tonight.
specific action at specific time in the future
Homework
Review the vocab and grammar
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