VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

kingdoms – guo
eg. at that time the kingdoms in Japan were fighting

at my age – people who are the same age as me

in my generation – from 1980 – 2000

only child – no brother / sister

take / bring / send
why would I bring him into this world

a bunch of flowers

stereotype
eg. all girls like flowers = stereotype

it’s hard to tell < > it’s easy to tell
eg. twins are hard to tell apart

subtle – very smell feeling
eg. there is a very subtle difference between these 2 keyboards so it’s hard to tell

worth it – the value (time / money)
eg. I don’t think it’s worth it to buy a house at the moment, I think later is better

science fiction – ke huan

The Wandering Earth – the big science fiction chinese film

dialogue – the things people say in a movie
eg. some of the dialogue was a bit hard to believable

use the joystick to aim but there are not enough bullets

Pronunciation

minor – mine nor