VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Vocabulary

TMI – too much information

i used to do – (used = past)
eg. I used to live in Japan but now I live in China

i am used to doing (doing = still happening) 
eg. I am used to living in China

one of my favourite foods

1 mouthful – yi kou

have a nibble / a taste / a bite  – small taste of food

have a sip – small taste of a drink

could I get a whiskey, no ice?
could I get a whiskey, straight?

Could I get this pizza but minus the / no tomato?

history / historical 

a lot of people hurtgot hurt / were hurt 

writer – books / the ideas of the story

director – film / tv

trip (experience) / traveling (activity)

Speaking exercise

chengdu snack is one of my favourite foods and i am used to ordering some spicy flavor foods and some sweet flavor foods and eat them together. chengdu snacks really has a lot of varieties and if you don’t like tingly you can minus tingly and just order a spicy snack. One of the biggest snacks in chengdu is blabla which is heavy and smell good. I like a kind of noodle is made with chopped meat and bean.

Chengdu snacks are some of my favourite foods and i am used to ordering some spicy flavor food and some sweet flavor food and eating them together. There are really a lot of varieties of snacks in Chengdu and if you don’t like numb spicy you can just not add / avoid / leave out and just order a spicy snack. One of the biggest snacks in chengdu is blabla which is heavy and smells good. I like a kind of noodle which is made with chopped meat and beans.