VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

it wasn’t worth it / it’s not worth it

cracked – hua le

Do you like spiders?
No I don’t
You do?
No, I don’t
You don’t?
No (I don’t)

easy as a gift

pleasantries – things that you say that don’t have much meaning, but are there to make the relationship closer / warmer

relative – family member
reality – real life

I can buy anything that I want to buy.
I can buy the thing which I want to buy.
I can buy what I want to buy.

run out = mei you le
eg. if we run out of milk, we need to buy more

This Sunday is the birthday of my father-in-low which’s difficult for me to prepare a gift for him.there is the traditional culture to respect for the elderly in China, even we don’t have many communities in daily life and living in the separate,I still need to choose a gift that can make him happy.Before I bought everything what I can thinkings, I ran out of my mind this year.At last I had a talk with my husband and decided to bring a birthday cook for his birthday.

This Sunday is the birthday of my father-in-law / my FIL’s birthday which’s difficult for me to prepare a gift for him. There is the traditional culture to respect the elderly in China, and even we don’t communicate much in daily life and live separately, I still need to choose a gift that can make him happy. Before I bought anything that I could think of / anything I wanted, but I have no idea this year. At last I had a talk with my husband and decided to buy a birthday cake for his birthday.

Grammar

what they do like and what they don’t like

to the oversea – go overseas

we don’t talk to each other much / I don’t like you very much