VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4 watch this video and discuss with me next class

Today we focused on:

Grammar

to + do 
tend to do
want to do
like to do

I look forward to sth / doing

advantages of e-books,such as being light, easy to carry, cheaper and so on.

I know what you want to eat.
It is what you can defend against.

When I was at university, I had participated in double 11 around 5 times, but as of last Nov.,I have been involved in double 11 shopping festival 10 times.

data
datas

the whole year

10 days annual leaves – 10 days of annual leave / 10 days leave 

most of time – billions of years
most of the time – da bu fen shi jian
most of the people from our company 
most people – most of all people

what is time? – Einstein can think about it
what is the time? – 7:30PM

Vocabulary

on the way to work
going to work
on my trip to work

the northern hemisphere
northern china

wet
humid / humidity – hot and wet (weather / air)
damp / dampness – a little wet (cold / normal) – 80% dry
moist / moisture – 80% wet – very wet
drenched / soaked – 110% wet
eg. it is really humid in Shanghai during summer, and really damp during winter. The moisture comes from the sea.

analogy – a story to help you understand a complex idea
eg. douyin is like a pool, it’s easy to get in, but if you can’t swim, you can’t get out

for / regarding / about / in terms of many advertising, we cannot figure them out… 

in terms of money, I don’t have much.

Pronunciation

colleague – col leeg 

analyse (v) – an nal LIEZ
analysis (n) – an NAL li sis

actual – ack chooo el

Speaking exercise

actually i think there are too many advertising around us. of course we need advertising to know the new products or new service but today i think, nowadays is a time of information explosion and many advertising, we cannot figure out whether it is true and so many experts on the internet so we can’t know the truth. I think I like the advertising which sent us the feeling, the concept, not the actor data or results for you, so i like the advertising of Apple very much, i think not introduce the product directly, it’s a feeling you will have if you get the products.

actually i think there are too many advertisement / too much advertising around us. of course we need advertising to know the new products or new service but nowadays is the age / era / time of information explosion and we cannot figure out whether many advertisements are true and there are so many experts on the internet so we can’t know the truth. I think I like the advertising which gives us the feeling, the concept, not the actual data or results for you, so i like the advertising of Apple / I like Apple’s advertising very much, i think they don’t introduce the product directly, it’s a feeling you will have / get if you get / have the products.