VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Write a letter of complaint to your colleague who is failing his job.

Vocabulary

encounter: yu dao
ie. I encountered a huge problem yesterday.

Feature: (v) zhong dian, zhu yao tui chu
ie. The event features a new line from/by Burberry.
ie. The new song features the voices of A, B, C, D…

well-known: famous
ie. He’s not very well-known.

conversation: liao tian
ie. We had a conversation on American politics.

Grammar

will: more about time
would: more about idea

When there’s no obvious subject: choose from “there” or “it”
ie. There is something that you have to know.
ie. It’s a nice day.

– for weather, always use “it”
ie. It’s hot so I’m sweating a lot.

haven’t – shi tai, not “meiyou” 
ie. I haven’t gone to the doctor’s in a long time.
ie. I have been learning English for a long time.
ie. I had been learning English for a long time before I realized that I will never improve.  (Started in the past, not anymore)

about/for/of/by/in
ie. Report for experts: 论文是写给专家看的， 为了专家写的
ie. Report on/about experts: 论文是关于专家的事的 （on is for topics)
ie. Report of/by experts: 专家写的 专家出的 （by is better for works… for the author)
ie. Report in English: 语言 （only for language）

It’s hot today.
The weather is nice/ bad today.
The outside temperature is high/low today.

It’s a good thing.

There is a good news today.

It’s a report of expert about how to improve English in two years. If you finish, you will learning English quickly and you didn’t finish, it has some problem in your learning.

It’s a report by experts on how to improve English in two years. If you finish your studies, it will be easier to learn English/learning English will be easier. However,/but if you don’t finish, you will have/encounter some problem in your English learning/studies.

We had a long discussion on/regarding this topic.

This is my bike for school： 上学要用
This is my bike for going to school： 上学路上要用的

It has logic in sentences.
There is logic in the sentences.
The sentences are logical. (adj)

If I think clearly/If I am clear, I would choose the second sentence.

When I’m writing, I will try to do that.