VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

rotating shifts: 倒班

stumble: stuck for a sec

mousy: like a little mouse

urine output: amount of pee

atheist: someone who believes there’s no god

expressivity: (n) biao Xian li

posture: ti tai

appendage: can be used for arm/leg that’s not on the body anymore
ie. missing appendage

interpret: translate (a message)
ie. People have different interpretations of the same novel.

once in a while
occasionally

Q: “What kind of hours？”

Their condition is very severe so they need lots of caring. Not only the medical caring but also the daily activity support.
Their conditions are very severe so they need lots of care. Not only medical care but also daily activity support.

Helping them to perform the comfortable position.
Helping them to get in the comfortable positions.
Helping them with everyday movement.

If I’m rough, they would feel very discomfortable.
If I’m rough, they would feel some discomfort (n).

The patients may survive for a long time.
The patients may live for a long time.

He touched some fengshui.
He learned/got to know some fengshui.

I love my brother, but I never get to talk with him. (can’t talk with him)
I never get to spend any time with my boyfriend.

I got to know a whole bunch of people at the party.
I knew a whole bunch of people at the party. (You knew them from before)
I met and became friends with …
I made connections with …

Q: Tell me about a  dace performance that impressed you the most.
A: She’s a ballerina. I like her because her shape and muscle is very beautiful. It’s a modern dancing performance called The Last Day. It’s a modern ballet performance, that means it’s performed as the dancer’s own opinion. I think what’s the story the dancer told me is her love to dancing. What’s she inspire me is the biaoxianli … She knew how to use her body to express her feelings.

A: She’s a ballerina. I like her because her muscular body shape is very beautiful. It’s a modern dancing performance called The Last Day. It’s a modern ballet performance, that means it’s performed via/through/in the dancer’s own interpretation. I think the story the dancer told me is her love of/for dancing. How she inspires me is (way she influences you) by her expressivity. /What she inspires in me (what’s new in you because of her) is expressivity when I dance… She knew how to use her body to express her feelings.

I went to the dancing studio maybe 3-4 times per week.
I go to the dancing studio maybe 3-4 times per week.

Actually when I want to learn dancing, I just want to get better posture. But when I really learned dancing, there are so many beautiful things in dancing, especially in ballet, the dancers’ extremities expand their toes are very long… and I can express my burden in the work through dancing. I can express the feeling of life through dancing. And also dancing taught me a lot of things because before I get to learn dancing, I thought dancing is quite easy – I just need to move my body.

Actually at first, when I just/first started to learn dancing, I just want to get better posture. But when I really learned dancing/when I really got into it, I found that there are so many beautiful things in/forms of dancing/dancing is a complex, beautiful art form/dancing is much more complex and beautiful/intricate, especially in ballet, the dancers’ extremities are slim and expanded in beautiful shapes… and I can relieve/unleash my burden at work through dancing. I can express my daily feelings through dancing. And also dancing taught me a lot of things because before I got to learn dancing, I thought dancing was quite easy – I just need to move my body.

Dancing cultivated my hardworking capacity.

Pronunciation

expectation