VIP Class Notes (Maddie)

Speaking exercise

there’s nothing to play
there’s nothing to play with

eye bat (referring to characters in a cartoon)
one-eyed bat (referring to characters in a cartoon)

it has no people
there’s no people there

Vocabulary

wear braces

scam: a fraud
e.g., the most common scam in china aiming at foreigners is tea scams.

innocent: not guilty
e.g., gruncle stan is innocent. he didn’t steal the government waste

adventurous: tend to have a lot of adventures
e.g., he’s not adventurous at all; instead he’s scared of everything.

soft drinks: drinks like coke

Pronunciation

short: pronounce the /or/ longer, or it’s gonna sound like shot