VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

Public relations (PR): gong guan

lucrative: lots of pay (adj)

ghost writer: qiang shou

tutor: person who helps with school work (v) help people with homework

refill: chong zhi

passcode: password to unlock cellphone

pick up : jie

sit in: participate (in event)
ie. I sat in on one of my boyfriend’s classes.

Slap: beat face

introverted: nei xiang

drunk (noun person): person who drinks all the time
ie. He’s a irresponsible drunk.

Menopause: geng nian qi

verbal abuse: abuse with words
ie. They always abused me verbally.

(student)dorms: su she

skip dinner: don’t have dinner

illiterate: wen mang (adj)
ie. They are illiterate.

Speaking exercise

He holds/got the green card. = He’s a permanent resident of the U.S.

She loves cats above any of the things.
She loves cats above everything else.
She loves cats more than anything.

…because they just care his salary.
… because they only care about his finances.

They always think me as sale.
They always think of me as a product/something for sale.

I’m very happy life in university because I don’t live with them and I don’t need to see them.
I had a very happy life in university because I didn’t live with them and I didn’t need to see them.

My grandfather death
My grandfather passed away and my father had some business problems

His family doesn’t care what he does.

My mother used my ID card.. went to bank .. to get…
My mother used my ID card to go to the bank and got/applied for the salary card, so now she has access to the card.

I’m afraid to do that.

When he drank high
When he drank too much …

They don’t have a lot of education.
They didn’t receive a lot of education.

It’s like some writing papers for other students.
I did some tutoring work during my college days.

When I got off-duty, he picked me up.

In my whole life, I don’t speak with other people.
In my whole life, I didn’t speak much with other people.

When I work, it’s talk to customers, colleagues, boss… force me talk to other people.
When I work, talking to customers, colleagues, boss… force me to talk to other people.

Real Chinese…
Local Chinese people…

she called my parents, went to school.
she called my parents and my parents went to my school.

One word count money
They paid by word count.

I find a new job.
I found a new job in BOC.

My education don’t deserve this kind of job.
My education/qualifications make me better than this job. – I can do better than this job.

Before the hospital, I’m working in Pingan Bank…
Before the hospital, I worked at Pingan Bank…