VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

detour : 绕行的路; 迂回路; 兜圈子

ignorant: (对某事物)不了解的; 无知的; 愚昧的; 无学识的; 很无礼的; 十分不懂规矩的

attention span: how long you can stay focused

road rage: 路怒症

serene:平静的; 宁静的; 安详的

the rage:is the rage = 火
ie. nude-colored socks are the rage.

staggeringly +adj = 蹒跚地; 惊人的

nepotism:裙带关系; 任人唯亲

stir up: cause

extracurricular activities: outside school activities

peck at: 啄食; 啄; 鹐; 匆匆地轻吻

depiction: 描绘;描画;描写;描述;刻画

light at the end of the tunnel : after a long time of darkness, finally see the hope

let me see you out

Speaking exercise

two weeks later (time ref: the time you’re talking about then)
in two weeks (time ref: now)

although I go back to home I felt tired I was very happy
although when I got home/when I was home I felt tired, I was very happy

when 1dd come to the market, if you join 1dd, you will become very rich
when 1dd opened up the market/was created/established, it was profitable to join./its investors got very rich.

when people see something can make money, they hurried there
when people see something profitable/lucrative, they hurried there

her bf afford all the expense
her bf took on/paid for all the expense

she was broken up
they broke up

her bf brought it up first

she studies not very good
she studied not very well
she didn’t study very well
she didn’t do well in school/she wasn’t a very good student

the security came to her … then he came to the bank…
the security went up to her … then he went into the bank…

below the letters, it draw the pictures
below the letters, there were pictures of ..

she would be very hard
it would be very hard on/for her

a job that afford his family
get a job to raise his family
he can provide for his family

to afford him have a better life
to provide him with a better life
to provide a better life for himself

when he even one year old
when he was only one year old

the maximum he can
he tried to best 
he gave his all
everything he can give

is a person that he doesn’t like socialize with others
is a person who doesn’t like to socialize

because I haven’t joined the company in 2 years
because I haven’t been in the company in 2 years

he answered me that…
he replied that…

he sent me out of the office
he saw me out of his office

when I asked my manager how the thing is going
when I asked my manager how it was going