VIP Class Notes (Alex)

Vocabulary

first-tier city

Shanghai is a first-tier city

second-tier city

third-tier city

cool down

I want to be in a place with A.C. to cool down

rule 规定

good intention 好意

It doesn’t change anything but it comes from a good intention

fix = repair

we need to fix the A.C. at my office

various

open their mind

ethnic groups / ethnicity

diverse

dilemma = a problem which has no good solution

I’m facing a dilemma

feminism

I’m a feminist, a believer in feminism

-ism 主义

-ist 主义者

completely

I’m not completely a feminist

tiny = very small

in December ~~month~~ – in December

worse and worse

the situation is getting worse and worse

My parents’ health is getting worse and worse

born in the 1990s, or just “born in the 90s”

I’m a little hopeful … actually you meant “hopeless”

hopeful = I have hope

hopeless = I have no hope

we have fewer stress than others – we are less stressed than others

well and well – better and better

metro

various

however

opportunities

culture