VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

under construction / still being built 

developer – the building company

it needs some time 
eg. after a breakup, everyone needs some time by themselves
eg2. My sister just got divorced, so I think she needs some time before she is ready to start dating again.

it takes some time
eg. it takes 30 mins to get to work

just over / a little more than

elevation – how high the floor / ceiling of a house or apartment is
eg. if i change the elevation we will need to put some steps in

renovation – zhuang xiu

change the structure – change the walls, windows etc.

source the material – find the material to buy it

It’s a funny thing to do design work for my brother. The year before last he bought a house and this house was still building. He just got the layout from the estate developer and he want me do the design work. At the beginning, I was serious and ask him for some questions when we were all at the hometown in the Chinese New Year. He looked like a boss and I just his employee. when I asked him questions his answer like just kidding me. He looked like not in a hurry so neither I. Last October he said his house almost finished and I can see it. So I flew to his city and to measure. The dimensions was different from that he first gave me, so I revise the plan and consulted with my colleagues, and my colleagues gave me some good ideas.

It’s a funny thing to do design work for my brother. The year before last he bought a house which was still being built. He just got the layout from the developer and he wanted me to do the design work. At the beginning, I was serious and asked him some questions when we were all at our hometown during Chinese New Year. He looked like a boss and I was just / I felt like his employee. When I asked him questions he gave me really silly answers / he didn’t answer seriously. He looked like he wasn’t in a hurry so neither was I. Last October he said his house was almost finished and I could see it, so I flew to his city to measure. However the dimensions were different from what he first gave me, so I revised the plan and consulted with my colleagues, and my colleagues gave me some good ideas.

Grammar

what – I know what you like.
that – I know the place that we have been to / I like movies that were made by Chinese people
which – I know the place which we have been to / I will go to watch a movie which is my favourite thing to do.
who – the man who wears red is my brother

which
which one do you want? = na yi ge
i know which one you want = na yi ge

Jesse is teaching Summer, who is being taught by Jesse.
Jesse teaches Summer, who is taught by Jesse.
Many things are learned every day by students at school.