VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Homework

Use the words from today in some writing

Next Class Focus

Review a bit more and then some speaking and new vocab and pronunciation

Pronunciation

A – spain / play / game / plane
E – jeans / week
AO – now / how / round
O – phone / home / alone

Needs more review

pants
eg. I am wearing pants now. What type of pants? They are jeans

wallet – qiao bao
eg. I have a new wallet

convenient – fang bian

plastic – su liao
eg. please give me a plastic bag, not a paper bag.

flight – ticket / on a plane from A to B
eg. I bought a flight from China to Germany. The flight was very good. … did you have a good flight? Have a safe flight!! See you later!

wave – hui shou

put on clothes (morning) -> wearing clothes (all day) -> take off clothes (night)

subtitles – zi mu

massage – an mo

Vocabulary

brand – ping pai

weight – 70kg
height – 180 cm
age – 33 yo
gender – male / female (m / f)
eg. What is your weight, and your height? How old are you? / What is your age?

Date of Birth – DOB

PH / PN – Phone Number

Email Address

Level – shui ping

Beginner -> Intermediate -> Upper-Intermediate -> Advanced

Personal Details – ge ren zi liao

lose weight < > gain weight 
eg. In winter I eat too much so I gain weight. Now I want to lose weight before summer.

workout / exercise 
eg. I workout (v) every day and today I had a good workout (n)
eg2. I exercise (v) at the gym every day. I think exercise (n) is important.

fitness – the idea of  being healthy
eg. I think fitness is important / I care about fitness

how many times? – ji ci
once / twice / 3 times / 4 times / 5 times

floor 
eg. I bought it on the 4th floor of Reel shopping center / mall

empty < > full 
eg. my thermos is almost empty. I need to fill it up.

thermos – re shui hu

my sister will go to get it for me