VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

dormitory – accommodation for students in school/university

dissertation – the big assignment in your last year of school

take a test

overslept – to wake up later than the intended time

ex. My friends overslept so they missed their final exam.

bachelors degree – the certificate you get when you graduate from university for the first time

Switzerland

imperialism – a system in which a country rules other countries using force to get power

ex. Imperialism dominated Europe in the 18th century.

ex. the age of imperialism

The Opium Wars – ya pian wars

Grammar

Difficult to conversation 

Difficult to talk to him/her/a friend

among – in a group

ex. Among my friends, I’m the best at English.

ex. Among these books, I think this one is the most interesting.

ex. That store is the most popular among the stores in this shopping mall.

I think work is important but if life don’t have fun, it’s boring. For me, I don’t want always work overtime and no time to play and go shopping.

I think work is important but if life isn’t fun/we don’t have fun in life then it’s boring. As for me, I don’t want to always work overtime and don’t have time to play and go shopping.

In fact, I don’t have work now, I just want to rest for a time. Not exactly, in the home my mother always ask me to do housework.

In fact, I don’t have a job right now, so I just want to rest for some time. Not exactly, at home, my mother always asks/orders me to do housework.

I usually go shopping with my mum for this time.

I  go shopping with my mum from time to time

When I was working, I just go home to sleep, not have dinner with her.

When I was working, I just return/go back home and sleep, so I didn’t have dinner with her.

Now, I don’t nervous

Now, I don’t feel/get nervous

I have plan so I don’t have more time so I want quickly improve my English

I have a plan, so I don’t have much time and I want to quickly improve my English

I miss being a student because I can play with my best friend and when I have difficult question, I can ask teacher immediately.

I missed being a student because I could play with my best friend and whenever I had a difficult question, I could ask the teacher immediately.

My friends don’t want to study, they just sleep in the dormitory. They always copy my homework, especially English.

My friends didn’t want to study, they just slept in the dormitory. They always copied my homework, especially my English homework.

They abroad

They all went abroad