VIP Class Notes aileen
Today we focused on:
Minorities and history of Japan.
Vocabulary
first-world problems: Â small problems rich countries have and complain about.
ural-altaic: Â a language family that pertains only to Japanese, Korean, and Finnish
Sinetic: Â Having to do with China or China-influenced. Â The second type of language family that includes Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Indo-European: Â The third language family that includes English, all the dialects in India and most European languages.
blow your mind: Â You will be very surprised.
extinct: no longer existing on earth, like the dinosaurs.
kiss a lot of frogs
bear it: handle it å¿å—
in-need
anxious/anxiety: 忧虑
match-making: 相亲
Pronunciation
perspective: Per-Speck-Tiv
Vietnam, Vietnamese: Â Vee-et-nahm. Â Vee-et-nah-meez
Kind: Â Kind not “kine” KIND, rhymes with Mind.
Successful: Suck-Sess-Full
Humorous: Â Hyoo-mer-rus
Speaking exercise
Their income is very low than the average of  Japan and their children may be treated coldly.
Their income is much lower than the average Japanese family, Â and their children may receive some unfair treatment. Â
You are the first person who shake my hand strongly, and you are very beautiful and 有女人味, and from your speaking,
I think you are a lady with lots of knowledge.
You are the first person who shook my hand strongly. Â You are very beautiful and feminine. Â I can tell from how you speak, you are a lady who possesses a lot of knowledge.Â
I think
Judy is very nice and friendly, ç»™ä½ äº²åˆ‡æ„Ÿ and she likes to share with you and cares about what you think, and a little bit similar to `gong li.
I think
Judy is very nice, friendly and warm. She enjoys sharing her thoughts with you and cares about what you think. Â She also looks a little bit like Gong Li. Â
The young people don’t want to be in a relationship because they think it’s a burden. Â Being in a relationship they want to change their lifestyle and they don’t want to do that. Â they also think living alone is full of happiness and that is enough.
The young people don’t want to be in a relationship because they think it’s a burden. Â Being in a relationship means they need to change their lifestyle, and they don’t want to do that. Â They also think living alone CAN BE full of happiness, and that is enough.
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