VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Next Class Focus
No Chinese next class – try to explain everything using simple English and answering simple questions in your head to explain. Like the game “Vegetable Animal Mineral (thing) – 20 questions”
Is it an animal?
Is it a vegetable?
is it alive?
do we eat it?
Do people use it every day?
Is it bigger than ____?
Is it heavier than ____?
Is is made from _____?
Is it man made? / Is it natural?
Vocabulary
basically – ji ben shang
primary school / elementary school
high school (junior high school / middle school + senior high school / high school)
just study, only study – the only thing I could do was study
take leave – qing jia
I have 10 days of annual leave every year
I have 5 days of sick leave every year
they pay the travel fee / pay for the trip
budget
eg. they don’t have the budget for it
I just travel for pleasure and the work I do is incidental
I mostly travel for fun but I do work on the side
what’s it like? – what do you think about it?
all over = covering
eg. it has plants all over the building
environment – huan jin / everything around you that is natural
environmentally friendly – to treat the environment well
return flight – to and back
one-way flight
Grammar
I travel just I love it – I travel just because I love it
Pronunciation
company – cum peh nee
tour = too wer
towel = tow wela
tower = tow wer
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