VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

crowd / crowded – lots of people
eg. Shanghai is crowded
eg2. there is a big crowd at Disneyland

was it more crowded than normally?

I used to get shots when I was a kid / I got vaccinated / I got a vaccine
eg. I got vaccinated against the flu

I went to hospital to get a drip 

sore / pain / painful / hurt
my hand is sore
i have pain in my hand
it is painful when I move
my hand hurts 

soup – tang

I have a lot of pressure in my life but I do yoga so I’m not stressed.
Pressure can be good but stress is always bad because it can be unhealthy.

pre = before

preview
premiere
preschool
presentation = ppt

you suck!
you do / you like

I suck
I do / I like

It sucks
It does / It likes

contagious = when you can give your sickness to someone through contact
eg. the flu is very contagious

I have a cold = a common cold
I have the flu = influenza

bath – yu gang

house / apartment / home – aooo
horse – orrr

Grammar

I go to dance = I go because I want to dance – reason
I go to work = I go and arrive at work – arrive
I go dancing = I go out to dance – verb-noun

I dance / I danced
I want / I wanted

to do 

the year of the ___
I was born in the year of the pig which is this year = This year is the the year of the pig which is the year I was born.

The year of the pig it’s my animal year. There is a custom in China, need to wear red underwear and red sock for a whole year for avoiding bad things. I bought a lot of red socks at the end of last year in order to got good luck but I was still sick during the New Year. I got influenza on the first day of the new year. My body temperature was as high as 39 degrees so I need went to hospital. In the hospital, a doctor told me that I can’t go anywhere, only stayed at home and stayed away from your family. Maybe you will infect them. Oh no, I don’t want this. I want to went to the shanghai zoo and fed little animals. But now I need to stayed at home to kill time. So boring!

The year of the pig is the year I was born. There is a custom in China which is we need to wear red underwear and red socks for a whole year to avoid bad things. I bought a lot of red socks at the end of last year in order to get good luck but I was still sick during the New Year. I got the flu on the first day of the new year. My body temperature was as high as 39 degrees / I had a fever so I needed to go to hospital. In the hospital, a doctor told me that you can’t go anywhere, only stay at home and stay away from your family because maybe you will infect them. It really sucked! / Oh no, I don’t want this / That was the last thing I wanted. I wanted to go to the shanghai zoo and feed little animals. But I needed to stay at home to kill time. So boring!