VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)
Next Class Focus
Teach speed reading by eliminating prepositional phrases, so review prepositions, what they are.
Pronunciation
the / there / thur / -TH WORDS **SAY THEM SLOWER WITH TONGUE IN BETWEEN TEETH**
becruz / becuz / BECAUSE / BEE-CUH-ZZ SHANG-KE / BEE-KEE-Z / -AU
cars / be-cars
Grammar
sometimes it not work very well / sometimes it doesn’t work very well
from my side / from my perspective
Vocabulary
climb higher / business way of saying “going up” or increasing
loading up / to add to or stockpile a big amount of stocks or anything
e.g. I can load up on bubble tea.
edge higher / to slowly, inch by inch, go higher
to slump / slumping / is to briefly go down, to decrease
Wall Street treads water / trying really hard to keep your mouth above water so you don’t drown and in this case, the stock markets is trying to keep its mouth above water meaning not go into negative territory
inverse relationship / as one goes up the other goes down
faring / how are they doing
e.g. How is the marketing faring today?
democracy / a form of govt where people vote for who is the leader
democrats / democratic / the party
to extort / extortion / blackmail
hype / excitement or high anticipation
e.g. Barack Obama was the most hyped politician in the history of American politics.
proponent 支持者 / supporter
wrestle / 搏斗
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