VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

I was happy to hear of my cousin’s coming (hear that my cousin would come soon) as we haven’t seen (met?) each other for a long time. She is three years younger than me and we grew up together. Her parents broke up/divorced when she was only 3 years old. She lived with my grandparents. She was used to stay at my home and played with me. She was a fan of me and she liked to do what I did and she always followed with me when I went out. We had a good relationship which we shared with secrets, happiness and unhappiness during our childhood.

I was happy to hear of my cousin’s coming (hear that my cousin would come soon) as we haven’t seen (met?) each other for a long time. She is three years younger than me and we grew up together. Her parents broke up/divorced when she was only 3 years old. She lived with my grandparents and she was used to staying at my home and playing with me. She was a fan of mine and she liked to do what I did and she always followed me when I went out. We had a good relationship which we shared with secrets, happiness and unhappiness during our childhood.

Vocabulary

automatic car (change gears automatically) < > manual car (change gears yourself)

self-driving car – the new very smart cars that can drive by itself

color blindness / color blind 

am used to doing / was used to doing 
am used to sth / was used to sth 

abortion 
eg. have an abortion

remarried – got married again
eg. her father remarried after he divorced

we have a lot of topics – we have a lot in common

enter into another family – join another family

inheritance
eg. the man takes the inheritance when the parents die

pension – money from the government when you are old (part of the welfare system)

Pronunciation

when / then – pronunciation

Grammar

give a birth – give birth

in countryside – in the countryside