VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

recommend – jian yi
eg. I recommend that you don’t have kids if you want to have a life

go out / hang out / spend time together
eg. we haven’t had time to go out together so we just chat on wechat

korea – han guo

the grass is always greener on the other side

headphones (big) / earphones (small)

neglect (v) – to feel not taken care of
eg. if I use headphones at home my son will feel neglected

landline – a normal phone (not a mobile)

gets mad at / goes off at
eg.  if I get mad at my son, he will cry, but if my husband goes off at him, he will argue with him

it’s not so big… it’s not so… what? 

Grammar

he hasn’t so many lessons – he doesn’t have so many lessons

I have < > I don’t have 
I have done < > I haven’t done

the peoples age like my parents they can’t drive is common – there are a lot of people that are my parents age who can’t drive. 

my hobby is reading with music . in my spare time, i read a lot of books,including chinese literature and foreign literature. for example,my favorite books are stone story and shakespearian plays. when i was young ,i didn’t like play outside,l liked reading at home with my radio on.that’s so wonderful when music was around ,a cup of coffee was on the table ,a book was in my hand. i can keep it for hours.

my hobby is reading while listening to music / with music on so / and in my spare time, i read a lot of books, including chinese and foreign literature. for example, my favorite books are “Stone Story” and all shakespearian plays. When i was young, i didn’t like to play / like playing outside, I liked reading at home with my radio on. It was so wonderful to have music around, a cup of coffee on the table, a book in my hand. i could keep it like that for hours.