VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

every Saturday morning she swims

everyone likes her
everyone is like her

in some ways she’s lucky

you can do everything you think – whatever you want

dead-end job – a job with no future progress
eg. sometimes being an English teacher feels like a dead end job

minimum (the lowest) / requirement (need)
eg. at the moment a master degree is the minimum to become a doctor

work your way up
eg. i started at the company working as an assistant, and I worked my way up

woman / women
man / men

france / french 

do her masters
do her bachelors degree 

graduated – to finish university
eg. I graduated in 2005

Chinese people have eight-day holiday in October this year because of the National Day and the Moon festival .The National Day is October 1st every year but the Moon festival can change because it is at the fifteenth of august in lunar calendar which have leap month in some years. In Chinese tradition the Moon festival means reunion and this day people come back to home to eat the dinner together and also eat moon cake, enjoy looking at the moon. Many people choose to travel by driving cars in National Day holiday because highways are free in the holiday since 2012 and now highways are very crowded.

Chinese people have an eight-day holiday in October this year because of the National Day and the Moon festival. The National Day is October 1st every year but the Moon festival can change because it is on the fifteenth of August in the lunar calendar which has a leap month in certain years. In Chinese tradition the Moon festival means reunion and on this day people come back home to eat the dinner together, eat moon cake, and enjoy looking at the moon. Many people choose to travel by car during the National Day holiday because highways have been free during the holiday since 2012 and now highways are very crowded.

Grammar

October 1st
October the 1st
The 1st of October
October 1

at = time
on = day
in = month / year / period