VIP Class Notes (Ally)
Homework
Vocabulary
bug (v): bother, try to persuade
gold-diggers(person): bai jin nv
fair-skinned: bai
silver lining: good thing in a bad situation
prospects: future
“grow a pair (of balls)”: be manly please, don’t be a coward (v)
parade: you xing
protest:
embark: (v) shang che *on*
stimulus/stimuli(plural)/stimulation/stimulate/stimulatory(adj):
“white trash”: caucasian(bai zhong ren) people without proper jobs, with tattoos, always alcoholic, sometimes druggies, no prospects
“on board”: zai che shang “I’m on board” = I agree with what you planned
deadbeat: fw (n)
Speaking exercise
Does your boss mind if you’re presentable or not?
Is your boss someone who would mind whether you’re presentable/ if you’re presentable or not?
I have to double check if this is a double-check
Don’t you feel so?
Don’t you feel that way?
Don’t you think so? Don’t you agree?
not worthy of my time.
does not worth my time.
it’s a waste of time.
Your grammar is better than his. / that of him.
Writing exercise
Because a few cases have been discovered in China recently, my dad told me don’t come back to Chengdu.
Because a few cases have been discovered in China recently, my dad told me that I shouldn’t go back to Chengdu. /to not return to Chengdu.
Pronunciation
religious
list
he’s his hess has
ban ben bin bean being(be+ying) bing
would- wood
president – Pre-zi-dent precedent (n and adj)
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