VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Use the vocabulary from today in some writing, focusing on past tense.

Vocabulary

nail (people) / claw (animals)
hands (people) / paw (animals)

colleague – tong shi

maybe not many things to do – maybe there aren’t many things to do 

I + have 
situation / place + there is 

peak / off-peak
eg. peak hours are between 9-10AM and 4-6PM

overtime (adj / adv) – jia ban
eg. we need to work overtime sometimes
eg2. I did some overtime work last night

spring festival
mid-autumn festival

annual leave – 5 days a year
bi-annual = once every 2 years / twice every year
bicycle

sick leave

unpaid leave – leave without pay

work there long time – I have worked there for a long time / I have been working there for a long time. 

do my own thing – to do whatever I want

promoted < > demoted
eg. If I miss / can’t reach the targets too often I will be demoted

what does that involve? – tell me the details / how to do it

pressure – ya li
eg. I can’t sleep well because I have too much pressure / a lot of pressure
eg2. high pressure situations make me really focused

sales target – ye ji
eg. reach the sales target every month

bonus = extra money from your company
eg. I often get a money at the end of the year

most people haven’t reach the target – most people don’t reach the target sometimes / very often 

murder mystery

elf – the white haired guys with funny ears
eg. i really like the elf in Lord of the Rings

bow and arrow

tv show is set in a time / place

middle-ages – 1500s

1920s = from 1920 – 1929
1900s / 20th century = from 1900 – the year 2000

come out / released 

set – the time / place that a story is based in
eg. the lord of the rings is set in a fantasy world in the middle ages

season – the year of episodes
eg. season 1 came out last year and I think season 2 will be released next year

episode – each 30-60 mins part of the show
eg. there are 20 episodes in season 1

Grammar

I find / I have found that most Chinese people like to speak English = i think
I found / have found my keys
I found out that most Chinese people like to speak English = i learned

to = arrive
at = direction / point
with = together

I talk to you – normal
I talk at you – cold feeling
I talk with you – sharing warm feeling

i find an interesting tv show named he shen. it’s talk about the 1920s in tian jing. some people died and people find them in the river and the policemen want to find what happened about them. maybe next year will be the 2. i like watching movies like the ring, this is my most favourite movies.

i found an interesting tv show named / called “he shen” which talks about the 1920s in tian jing. some people were murdered / were killed and people found them in the river and the policemen wanted to find out what happened to them. Maybe season 2 will be released next year. i like watching movies like the lord of the rings which is one of my favourite movies.