VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

suburbs / suburban
eg. I used to live in a suburban area

she is younger than me 10 years – she is 10 years younger than me

we don’t have much in common / we don’t have much to talk about

they can’t say pu tong hua – they can’t speak mandarin 

anesthetic – ma yao
eg. anesthetics numbs your feeling

once every 2 days – liang tian yi ci
eg. he goes to the gym once every 2 days

pressure – ya li
eg. i have a lot of pressure at work

stressed – the bad feeling from too much pressure
eg. my husband doesn’t feel stressed

salary – the money you get every month from work
eg. he gets a salary every month

shareholders – people who own part of the company
eg. the company has shareholders