VIP Class Notes (Tony)
Homework
Find an article in English and describe why you liked the article without telling us what it is about.
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unclear meaning from pauses in speech:
Mehdi Navid-Adham, chief of Iran’s High Education Council, informed state television of the ban last Saturday.
Vocabulary
I’m having a lazy day
I don’t have too many interactions with customers.
when I go to the groceries grocery store
when I get groceries.
you can stay longer at your bed – you can stay in bed longer
mellow – very relaxed and easy going
eg: I had a mellow day.
chill (ADJ. V.) – be relaxed and easy going
eg: You need to chill out, you are too stressed.
eg: I just wanna chill today.
eg: Let’s chill out and have a drink or something.
stress (V. N.)
eg: Sometimes I stress out at work.
eg: Don’t stress, just chill, everything is gonna be fine.
stressful ADJ.
eg: I have a stressful schedule.
stressed ADJ.
eg: I tend to be stressed easily from work.
ethnicity – the “color” or “race” the genetic (DNA) background of a person
eg: I’m the majority ethnicity in china, which is Han.
eg: There are 55 minority ethnicities in China.
prejudice N. – a special impression of you, only because of what you are. and disliked
eg: She’s a woman, so she can’t work this job.
eg: Men can’t take care of babies.
eg: We can’t invite that Shanghai guy, I can’t stand those Shanghai guys.
stereotype – a set of ideas about certain groups of people
eg: A stereotype for black people in USA is that they are good dancers.
eg: Oh, you’re asian, you can help me with this math problem?
eg: A sterotype of Dong Bei people is, that they drink a lot.
glitter – a bling bling, kind of shiny thing, made of very very small pieces, like powder, you can wear it.
eg: You have some glitter on your nose.
a pushover – someone who is easy to get them to do what you want.
eg:Cassie is definitely not a pushover, she’s just mellow.
pushy ADJ – always trying to persuade
eg: If I meet a pushy person, I go the other way.
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