VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Pronunciation

long vowel: o u

hose rose broken frozen dope drone joke Jo Malone prone prom night tone yoke

puke dude lube tube cute refuse rebuke huge mute nude infuse

Grammar

haven’t + past past tense 过
ex: I haven’t + finished my homework
ex: I haven’t + had dinner
ex: I haven’t + seen Judy for 2 days
ex: I haven’t + cooked for months.

Vocabulary

1. prone to XX= 倾向于XX
Ex: I’m prone to having Japanese food tonight.
ex: married women/ Mothers are more prone to depression.

2. puke= 呕吐
throw up= 呕吐
ex: I can’t drink anymore, I want to puke!
ex: I threw up last night because I drank too much.

3. drunk (adj)= 喝醉了
ex: I am drunk, I want to go home.
ex: I hate it when men are drunk, they act very crazy.

4. red wine= 红酒
white wine = 白葡萄酒
ex: I prefer to have white wine when I eat seafood.
ex: Red wine is a good match for steak.

5. steak= 牛排
ex: My favourite steak house is the “Morton’s”.

6. maintain (verb)= 维持 维系
ex: it’s hard to maintain a long distance relationship.
ex: I can maintain my expense with my balance.

7. expense=支出 开销
ex: the living expense in SH is super high.
ex: do you know your monthly expense?

8. balance (noun)= 余额
ex: how often do you check your balance?
ex: If I have to buy something expensive, I will check my balance.

Speaking exercise

I hate him because he isn’t a good man, he likes ask us to drink a lot. If he drink a lot, maybe he touch your hand, he looks like 45 years old. He told us he always beat his wife, so after the company, I want to enter foreign company.

I had 5 interviews, but I haven’t a job, I don’t know why. I think because I speak English not well, so I was not chosen.

Revised

I hate him because he isn’t a good man, he likes to ask us to drink a lot. If he drinks a lot, maybe he will touch your hand, he looks like 45 years old. He told us he always beat his wife, so after quitting the job, I want to enter a foreign company.

I had 5 interviews, but I don’t have a job, I don’t know why. I think because I can’t speak English not well, so I was not chosen.