VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Read an article online and listen to the pronunciation. Record yourself.

Pronunciation

excellent – X sellent

tired – eye 

client – clai yent

company – kum p nee

service – ser vehss

Vocabulary

tired / tiring
eg. I’m tired because the trip was tiring

I lost my job / I got fired / I got let go – my boss decided to make me leave
I left my job / I quit / I resigned – you decided to leave

talk with person – talk with a person / talk with people 

trust / believe 
I trust Jin because she’s my friend. I don’t trust people I don’t know. = I think Jin is a good person, and she will not cheat me
Jin said her name is actually Jane. I don’t believe her. I think she’s lying. = I don’t think what she said it true.

I believe in you = you’re confident that they can do something great / be a good person.
I believe in god / ghosts / magic… = you think it’s real

it’s a new way to sell – online / over wechat

technique / professional way / technical way – skill / ability
eg. I learned some teaching techniques that are very useful

industry – hang ye

set – gu ding de
eg. the prices are not set

receive – to be given sth / get sth
eg. I received a gift from my friend

accept – to think sth is OK
eg. I accept that some of my students don’t do their homework

get money – earn money – make profit – zhuan qian

resource – sth that can help you to make / get sth / do sth
eg. I have so many resources here (people, money, contacts, internet, knowledge…) because I have lived in China for many years

material – a physical thing / idea that you use to create sth
eg. the materials I use in class are from the student and from the internet

essay (school / science) / article (news) / writing (anything) / post (online)

character / word / sentence / phrase / paragraph / text
eg. There are 5 characters in the word, and 3 words in the sentence. This phrase is made up of 4 words and the paragraph has 5 sentences in it. This text was really boring to read.

nervous / neurotic – sb who always worries and feels nervous about things
eg. He’s a bit neurotic