VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Today we focused on:
Caught up on corona virus stuff, and discussed using a history / science etc book to study at home
Homework
Read the 3 articles and write down the words you don’t know – if you want to summarize the topic and main points in some writing, we can review next class.
Grammar
my perspective of English is not just for…
it is not so popular as this year – not as popular as this year / it’s not so popular
eg. Last year it had 10000000 fans. This year, it’s not so popular.
eg2. Last year it had 10000000 fans. This year it’s not as popular as then.
most of people – most of the people in China / most people
informations – information
it spread to more widely / it spread wider
the government let most of companies to make employees to stay at home – the government made most companies to let employees (to) stay at home
they are private owner – privately owned
we should started in February – we should have started in February
Vocabulary
syllable = a part of a word that is pronounced separately
eg. quarantine = 3 syllables, quar, ren, teen
sars broke out
block all people at home – quarantine / block (prevent / stop) people from leaving their homes
we can cut the spread / reduce the spread – make it less
we can stop the spread / halt – make it nothing
in countries – in the countryside / in the country
get in / get out – action / casual
eg. get in the car / get out of the room
enter / leave – standard / formal way to say jin qu / chu qu
eg. I entered the country with a passport
contagious – to be able to give a sickness to someone else
eg. the corona virus is highly contagious / very contagious
eg2. headaches are not contagious at all
residential district – jie dao
refund your money – give all your money back
eg. they will give you a complete refund
if you can’t travel as you planned – as per your plan
Pronunciation
no / now (naaaooooo)
nation – nayyyy shen
council – caaaoon sel
trail – traaaeeeeell
home / cone – oooouuu (move more)
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