VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Discussion about online shopping

Vocabulary

scroll through

browse – look through

compare – bi jiao

vendor – dai li shang

home appliance – jia dian

lipstick – color on your color

fake – not real

return – send the product back

credit – xin yong zhi

comment – ping jia

skeptical – huai yi

in-laws – husband’s parents

bottom – di bu

get sth delivered – the thing will be given to your door

reliable – kao pu

unreliable – bu kao pu

not reliable – bu kao pu

depend on my own/myself

analyze – think through sth.

relationship – guan xi

allow – yun xu

primary school

whatever – wu suo wei

appropriate – normal and regular and according to norms

hand-me-down – second-hand phone

function – gong neng

confident – zi xin

Grammar

see vs. look vs. watch vs. read

see – the action of focusing on something, or the action of completing the act of looking (kan jian)
i.e. Did you see that person?
i.e. I see a tall man coming towards me.

look – general action of seeing (kan)
i.e. I look at you.
i.e. I look in that direction.

I just looked at this place but I did not see you.

watch – something that moves
i.e. I am watching the play.
i.e. I am watching a movie.

read – something with words
i.e. I read a book.
i.e. I read the comments about this product.

Write a vacation journal (write down interesting things you do or see in Changsha)