VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Last night, I received a phone call. The caller was a man who I met in a restaurant, and we played pool together so we knew each other. He also learned English and he learned it in the Wall Street English. He had invited me to join their classes, and I had joined his birthday the year before last year, but the last time we saw each other was last year, actually we were not knowing each other very well. When he call me last night was around 10:30, I was almost falling sleep, and he used a new phone number. It rang for a little while then I picked up, and we had a small talk that just about what’s going on with each other and what will do in the next holiday, and he said he would go home when the holiday and I said me too. Finally, he wanted to borrow money from me, and I told him I will rebuild my hometown’s house so I didn’t have extra money, and he said he would think about other way to get money and then hanged up.
Actually, I don’t like someone borrow money from me especially a man.

Last night, I received a phone call from a man who I met in a restaurant, and we played pool together so we knew each other. He also learned English and he learned it at Wall Street English. He had invited me to join their classes, and I had joined his birthday party the year before last, but the last time we saw each other was last year, actually we aren’t close / we don’t know each other very well. When he called me last night it was around 10:30, I was almost falling asleep, and he used a new phone number. It rang for a little while then I picked up, and we had a small talk that was just about what’s going on with each other and what we will do in the next holiday, and he said he would go home when the holiday comes and I said me too. Finally, he wanted to borrow money from me, and I told him I will rebuild my hometown’s house so I didn’t have extra money, and he said he would think about other ways to get money and then hung up.
Actually, I don’t like people / someone borrowing money from me especially men

Vocabulary

Last night / the other night, I received / got a call / phone call from a man / guy (I kinda know) who I met in a restaurant, and we played pool together. He also studied English at Wall Street English. He had invited me to join their classes, and I had joined / went to / attended his birthday party the year before last / the other year, but the last / most recent / latest time we saw each other was last year, actually we aren’t that close / we don’t know each other very well. When he called me / phoned me / gave me a ring / gave me a call last night it was around 10:30, I was almost falling asleep / was barely awake, and he used a new phone number. It rang for a little while then I picked up / got it / answered, and we (caught up / had a catch up) had a small talk / chat that was just about what’s going on with each other and what we will do in the next / coming holiday / vacation, and he said he would go home for the holiday / when the holiday comes and I said me too. Finally / it turned out that he wanted to borrow money from me, and I told him I will / am planning to rebuild my hometown’s house so I didn’t have extra / spare money, and he said he would think about other / alternative ways to get money / cash and then hung up.
Actually, I don’t like / i’m not into people / someone borrowing money from me especially / particularly men

acronym – letters that each represent a word (actually this is initialism, but people say acronym)
NASA = National Aeronautics & Space Administration, but we say “NASA”
eg. = example, don’t say “eg”, you say “e…g…”

it turns out / sb ended up doing sth 
eg. I thought it was going to rain but it turned out to be sunny
eg2. I thought it was going to rain but it ended up not raining/ being sunny

what will you do for your birthday? / anniversary..?

either way / either way is fine = dou ke yi

rent < > lease 
borrow < > lend
take < > give

the US (united = adjective)

the Middle East (middle = adjective)
America
Smart English
Summer
a cafe (cafes are all different)
the bank (banks are all the same)

sexist – to treat someone differently because of their gender
racist – to treat someone differently because of their race / skin color / nationality

I don’t like it when someone borrows money from me

What will you do? I don’t know what you will do.

one of my colleagues also said he wanted some money

i got burned 

appropriate / inappropriate 

money can come between friends