VIP Class Notes (Ally)

find a 散文 in Chinese and translate it

Vocabulary

hesitate: 犹豫; (对某事)迟疑不决; 顾虑; 疑虑

deserted island: 孤岛

dessert: ? desert? abandon

dye my hair: change my hair color

make a living: mou sheng

self-conscious

buck: dollar

girlfriend/bestie/bff : best friend forever

Grammar

I will probably see you again in the next two days so we’ll have to check the hw next week.

selected group + of + range (whole)
70% of the reason why I’m here.

noun = noun *be careful
ie. What can Tony be? = dad, son, friend, personal trainer, … college graduate ..

noun = adj *more options; any description
ie. Tony is sad, pathetic, joyous, relaxed..

I was very busy so I didn’t have any lessons.
.. classes

This is the homework of the class before last.
This is the homework from Nov 26.

I am stupid at these things(beauty methods)/ with these things (beauty tools).

I made every effort for this movie review.

I appreciate it.

I don’t have enough time to search for the right words and write logically(adv)

My pronunciation sounds bad.
My pronunciation doesn’t sound too good. 

Local Shanghainese people look down on others, no matter if you come from

SH is the most developed city in China
SH is the city with the best economy in China.

there’s a saying: BJnese are the rural people in SHnese people’s eyes.
… in the eyes of SHnese people, even BJnese people are from the village./are outsiders.

You came here to make big bucks/dollars.

The name of the movie is “Green Book” and it’s an American movie which was first released in 2018 and was showed in China in 2019
This movie was based on/originated from the real story and it told a plot of friendship that across races and classes. Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, who are co-starting in this movie, won the Oscar Nominations at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. At the beginning of the movie, Tony (Viggo Mortensen played) was an unemployment and needed to look for a new job for life. Tony was suggested to interview as a driver for a black pianist, Tang(Mahershala Ali played) by his friend. Tony would be responsible for pickup of Tang’s southern tour. Though they know there’s severe racial apartheid in southern places at that time, Tony have no choice to do this for the money and Tang need a professional drive who can arrange the route for him. The story gradually began based on this cues and Tony arranged all the things according to the “green book” guide, which acquired from Tang’s company and it marked the allowable places for black people. At the end of the movie, through the ups and downs of this tour journey, both of them found the true-self and changed the stereotypes.

The racial discrimination is a long history issue around the whole world and any society. To be honesty, more or less, we all have this thought in our mind. The people from different classes, different countries, and possessing the distinctive powers cannot understand others well and treat others equally.
Also, for some people, we are not confident and we are keen of being a part of some group, like Tang, though he is a successful man, he was confused and struggled at the beginning. And Tony, though he was not successful as Tang, as a white man, he looked down Tang at first.
In this film, it shows that we can be friends and we can protect the person we want to protect and no matter how rich you are, no matter how big the difference/gap between you and others. You need to be confident and insist on your belief.

Edited：

A movie I watched over the weekend is “Green Book”/I watched GB over the weekend. It’s an American movie which was first released in 2018 and in China in 2019
This movie was based on/originated from the real story and it tells a plot of friendship that crosses/spans across/bridges(v) races and classes/a friendship between different .… Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, who are co-stars in this movie, won the Oscar Nominations at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. At the beginning of the movie, Tony (played by Viggo Mortensen) was unemployed/lost his job and needed to look for a new job to make a living/make ends meet. Tony was suggested by his friend to interview(v) for a driver of a black pianist, Tang(played by Mahershala Ali). Tony would be responsible for picking up Tang in his southern tour. Though they knew there’s a severe racial apartheid in southern cities/regions/areas at that time, Tony had no choice but to do this for the money and Tang needed a professional drive who can arrange routes for him. The story gradually began based on this background and Tony arranged everything according to the “green book” guide (that) he acquired from Tang’s company and it marked the allowable places for black people. At the end of the movie, through the ups and downs of this journey, both of them found their true selves and changed their stereotypes.
Racial discrimination is a long historical issue around in any society around the world. To be honest, more or less, we all have this thought in our mind. The people from different classes, countries, and power positions cannot understand each other well and treat others equally.
Also, for some people, we are not confident and we are keen to be a part of some group. Tang, for example, though he is a successful man, was confused and struggling at the beginning. Tony, though he is not as successful as/less successful than Tang, as a white man, looked down on Tang at first.
In this film, it shows that we can be friends with anyone and we can protect the people we want to protect, no matter how rich you are or how big the difference/gap between you and others are. You need to be confident and insist on your beliefs.

license(long and round) lessons (short and straight)

acaDEmic aCAdemy (different stress)