VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

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Scrubs – tv show

American Beauty – movie

House of cards is a tv show which is talked about American politic. The tv actor named Frank and works in congress as a house majority whip. At the first time, I thought that the tv actress was his wife who owned a environmental protection company. They look very loving with each other and can improve each other in business. But a young female journalist named Zoey approached Frank at a dinner party. Frank has used her job to publish news and Zoey has used Frank to get promoted in the newspaper office. After watching the 7 episode, they slept together and that surprised me as I thought they have only used each other with on emotion. With the development of the story, maybe Frank will divorce with his wife. It’s only my guess as the main description of the tv show is political struggle.
I will keep watching this tv show in my rest time.

House of cards is a tv show which talks about American politics. The male character is named Frank and works in congress as a house majority whip. At the beginning / at first / initially, I thought that female character was his wife and she owned an environmental protection company. They look very loving with each other and can improve each other in business. However, a young female journalist named Zoey approached Frank at a dinner party and Frank used her job to publish news and Zoey used Frank to get promoted in the newspaper office. After watching the 7th episode they slept together and that surprised me as I thought they have only used each other without emotion. With the development of the story, maybe Frank will divorce his wife. It’s only my guess as the main point / theme / idea of the tv show is political struggle.
I will keep watching this tv show in my spare / free / down / leisure time.

Vocabulary

character – jue se

actor – job

i don’t like to go / I’m not into going / I’m not a big fan of going / I hate going to attend weddings because i’m single / unmarried / yet to get married. The last / previous / most recent wedding I attended / went to / was invited to was my older / elder / big sister’s which was / located / based in pudong. She invited a lot / many / tons / a large number of relatives / family members / her family to see / watch / witness / be there at the moment of her marriage ceremony. Her husband was older than her and their parents didn’t agree with / support / want / condone the marriage at first / initially / at the beginning but she tried / attempted / pushed to change their mind / convince them otherwise / to get them on her side and it worked / was successful. When she wore the wedding dress / gown I thought she was so beautiful because / as / due to the fact that she was full of happiness.

write – wrote – have written

The tv actor named Frank works in congress. – the point is which person works in congress
The tv actor is named Frank and works in congress. – the point is what his name is and what he does

but = however
and = also
and then = after that 

Grammar

doing + have done = have been doing

will do + have been doing = will have been doing 

will do + have done = will have been done 

similar – quite the same, but not the same
eg. Jesse and his twin are similar looking

familiar – you’re comfortable with it / you know it a little (it’s like they’re in the same family)
eg. I am familiar with Charlotte, but I don’t know her very well