VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

specialty: 专业; 专长; (某个地方的)特色食品; 特产

ostrich: 鸵鸟; 逃避现实的人; 不愿正视现实者;

puberty: 青春期

grease: oil

avant garde: 前卫艺术; 先锋派; 先锋; 前卫; 先驱者

rim: (圆形物体的)边沿; 轮辋; 轮圈; 有…框(或边)的; for round things

blender: 搅拌机; (电动)食物搅拌器

workable: workable solution

Grammar

should vs need to

if you act as the flower girl
if you play the role of the flower girl

he saw it very seriously
he focused on the show / what he was doing/able to pay attention during the whole play
he sat through the whole performance fine.

In Rise, you should have class twice a week
In Rise, you have class/you need to go to class twice a week

because they’re doing a contest, you need to dian zan
they were in a contest to collect likes on WeChat… /so they want people to click LIKE …

I don’t have her on my WeChat, but one of my friends have|
I don’t have her on my WeChat/she’s not my contact, but one of my friends have her/does.

it is not workable for my husband
it is not a workable solution for my husband
it doesn’t work for my husband
it doesn’t work on my son

I want to prepare for the dinner
I want to prepare dinner.

she resigned the work she did
she resigned.

the revenue dropped dramatically when she left the company
she earned very little compared to what she did when she was still in the company.

for next class:

maybe at my 40s, I felt it’s too tired to work and then I can resign

It’s still 4 days to go to school

we need to eat something light

their thought is behind the time

she pursued for fashion

Pronunciation

enthusiastic: 热情的; 热心的; 热烈的; 满腔热忱的