VIP Class Notes (JJ)

Vocabulary

American shows: 美剧

graduate school: 研究生或是博士生学院

psychology: 心理学

major: 专业

therapy: 心理咨询

decrease: 减少

suitable: 合适的

mainly: 主要的

Ex: Lan moved to Shanghai last year mainly for work.

In the past: 以前。。。

the location of my work: 我的工作地点

visual: 视觉的

communicate: 交流

to study abroad: 留学

Ex: Lan’s friend’s friend went to study abroad.

time difference: 时差

elsewhere: somewhere else: different place: 别的地方

necessarily: 必要的

not necessarily: 不必要的

convenient: 方便的

confident: 自信的

subtitles: 字幕

not enough: 不够

they are speaking so fast so I isn’t understand —> so I don’t/can’t understand

I came to Shanghai for one year —> I have been in Shanghai for one year

I wish to else working —> I wish to work elsewhere/somewhere else/in a different place.

I hope to advertising, no real estate —> I hope to continue working in advertising but not necessarily in real estate.

I can language change —> I can communicate with others

Grammar

I hope to + verb

I wish to + verb

I like to + verb

Ex: I hope to buy a big house next year.

I like to add milk and sugar in my coffee.

Shows to watch:

Modern Family

Friends

Write about things you like about living in Shanghai and things you don’t like about living here.