VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

My son got up at six thirty yesterday morning, earlier than usual, and he recited the English text to his teacher at WeChat. The teacher replied that he was the first student to finish it and praised him. He jumped up with joy and said that today would be a good day. After breakfast, I took my son to school and promised that I would take him home after school. Then I went to work at eight. In the morning, I attended a monthly office meeting. The director of our institute summarized the work finished last month and the director of every department talked about the work plan of his own department for next month. In the afternoon, I helped a retired colleague to revise his summary. When I discussed his article with him, I felt very sleepy and I almost fell asleep. After work, I kept my promise to pick my son up from school, and when I arrived at his school gate, he had been waiting for me for 5 minutes.

My son got up at six thirty yesterday morning, earlier than usual, and he recited the English text to his teacher on WeChat. The teacher replied that he was the first student to finish it and praised him. He jumped up with joy and said that today would be a good day. After breakfast, I took my son to school and promised that I would take him home after school. Then I went to work at eight. In the morning, I attended a monthly office meeting. The director of our institute summarized the work finished last month and the director of every department talked about the work plan of his own department for next month. In the afternoon, I helped a retired colleague to revise his summary. When I discussed his article with him, I felt very sleepy and I almost fell asleep. After work, I kept my promise to pick my son up from school, and when I arrived at his school gate, he had been waiting for me for 5 minutes.

Pronunciation

month – munth 

sun / month / plum / gun  

luckily = luh keh lee 
unluckily = un luh keh lee 

fortunately = for tyou neht lee

Grammar

write – wrote

I will be 10 minutes late / I will be late by 10 minutes
I am 10 years older than you / I am older than you by 10 years

I will be late for 10 minutes – I will be happy for 10 minutes – the amount of time you spend being happy / late

Vocabulary

as long as = only if / only when
eg. as long as I have time I will have class with you tonight, but if I don’t have time, then I can’t.

paid off / pay off 

hands-on / get your hands dirty – sb who likes to get involved and do things rather than sit back and instruct people