VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]
Homework
Vocabulary
stomach flu – a problem with your stomach from eating the wrong food
1/3 = one third
1/2 = 1 half
1/4 = 1 forth / 1 quarter
better late than never – it’s better to do it eventually than never do it
in advance – before you needed to do sth
eg. i always do my homework in advance (before it’s too late)
beforehand – before sth
previously – before now
compost – wet garbage you put in the garden
biodegradable – things that you can throw away and will naturally disappear
annoying – ma fan
expand / spread
eg. we will expand the recycling plan to the rest of the country
countrywide – the whole country
effectiveness (n) / effective (adj)
eg. we don’t know the effectiveness of this plan
they’re very well off – a little rich / successful
competitive (adj) / competition (n)
eg. this is a competitive school = good because it’s able to compete and maybe win
eg2. he is competitive = he likes competition
she’s stuck in the past – unable to let go and change her way of thinking to be more modern
Grammar
Apples are good for us.
I have started it.
It should have started.
It should have been started years ago.
Writing exercise
Last week I had a class with Raph and we discussed about China recycle problem. From July.1st Shanghai will start to implement garbage classification formally. And our community will implement it from June.1st.
It is incredibly good decision to our country and it should start from years ago.
Last week I had a class with Raph and we discussed about Chinese recycle problem. From July.1st Shanghai will start to implement garbage classification formally. And our community will implement it from June.1st.
It is an incredibly good decision for our country and it should have started from years ago.
Pronunciation
recently – RE sent lee
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