VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Free writing (no research and no preparation and no outline and no structure) in under 20 minutes

Vocabulary

number set: (2, 5, 6, 7) …

im pe ra tive：must （adj）
ie. It is imperative(bixu de) that you finish your work on time.

abbreviation: 缩写
ie. USA is an abbreviation for the United States of America …

discrepancy: 差异; 不符合; 不一致

pathetic: 可怜的; 可悲的; 令人怜惜的; 无力的; 不成功的

involution: 对合；回旋；包（内）卷；错乱；错综复杂

school of thought: 学派; 学派的观点; 思想流派; 有一家思想学校

pertains: fit for

underlying: 表面下的; 下层的

entity: 独立存在物; 实体

down the drain: 付之东流
ie. That’s 5 hours of work down the drain.

Grammar

Lists:
ie. A, B, and C. -> All individuals. -> I went to the party with Sam, Jason, and Mark.
ie. ….., X and Y. -> A is its own group, B and C is another group
ie. Here are our teachers, Ally and Tibo.

祈使句: imperative sentence
(You must ) + sentence
(You must/should) Never be late for class!
Let’s go to class!
Be yourself!
Don’t eat!

Question sentences: 
Dont’ + subject+ rest of sentence
– Don’t you smoke?  vs Don’t smoke!

either/neither/too
too = only positive sentences
“I hate steak” “me too” – yes sentence
“I didn’t see him” “me neither” – no sentence

Either(A or B) you or Jala must do this work for me.
Neither (A nor B) you nor Jala did your hw this week.

XM’s housing price is half of SH’s.
XM’s housing price is two times cheaper than SH’s.

from 6 to 8 PM/in the evening.

I have free time in the afternoon
I’m free in the afternoon

the working project
the commercial project
the project for work

It looks like … the number is too much
The number looks too big
It looks a lot
It looks like I have to write a lot.

I totally believe it’s my speaking ability
I can’t believe that this is my speaking ability.

I will review it when I go home.

Xi: “I didn’t prepare anything!”
Jala: “I didn’t prepare anything either.” or “Me neither”

Xi: I prepared so much today!
Jala: “me too” or “I prepared a lot too!”

“You don’t like steak?”
“no” (I don’t)
“yes” (I do..)