VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

mandarin – pu tong hua

answer the phone

it was allowed / they didn’t let you do that / they didn’t allow you to do that

energy – jin li
eg. I have a lot of energy and want to look like it

effort – nu li
eg. I want to always put effort into my looks and health

run down – “greasy old woman”
eg. I don’t want to become a run down old lady

Grammar

i afraid – I am afraid 

when i was a children even my teacher say shanghainese – when I was a child even my teacher spoke Shanghainese

Pronunciation

open – oh Pen

found – faa ooo nd

Many people including my friends and my colleagues think I have a good life because I have a relaxed work and a warm family .I think so but it’s not enough. I had been a doctor for fifteen years and I felt proud when a serious patient was cured because of my skill and care, but now I don’t have this felling. The other side easy working makes me fat and I afraid to become an old greasy woman. So I told myself, “new year, new start”

Many people including my friends and my colleagues think I have a good life because I have a relaxed job and a warm family. I think so too but it’s not enough (for me). I was a doctor for fifteen years and I felt proud when a serious patient / a patient who was seriously sick was cured because of my skill and care, but now I don’t have this feeling. Also, easy work makes me fat and I am afraid to become an old run down woman. So I told myself, “it’s a new year and a new start”.

I was a doctor for 15 years at a hospital, and at that time, I felt…

I worked at the hospital in 2010 and at that time I had been a doctor for 15 years, so I quit. Now I am a doctor at a university.

Do you think he is fat?
Yes I think so.