VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Write a diary – focus on past tense & correct the mistakes that stop the meaning being clear

Vocabulary

50 percentage / 50 percent 
eg. it is 5 percentage points higher / it is 5 percent higher

in recent years / these years 

cost of living
eg. the cost of living in singapore is similar to shanghai

burn easily

keep putting sun cream on / apply the sunscreen to my body

i got sunburned and my skin is peeling 

red packet / red envelope – hong bao

infrastructur

Grammar

before i came to singapore – before I went to singapore 

higher than shanghai by around 20%

had a wedding on that place – had a wedding at that place

similar with chinese – similar to chinese 

the life in here – the life here

i almost slept – i almost slept the whole time 

i applied for the visa

Pronunciation

colleague – co leeg

then / when – pronounce the “eh”

malaysia people – ma lay zhhhhen
shanghai people – shanghainese 

sandwiches – “san wich ez”