VIP Class Notes (Mark)

Speaking exercise

in the weekends i never watch TV show at home.
in on the weekends i never watch TV shows at home.

lots of shopping mall.
lots of shopping malls.

but we are in a different department.
but we are in a different departments.

i usually go to business trip on monday.
i usually go to on business trips on mondays.

one of the reason is because of the history.
one of the reasons is because of the history.

the city had bad memories because of the war.
the city had has bad memories because of the war.

i never been the museum in nanjing.
i never been to the museum in nanjing.

maybe on october.
maybe on in october.

ive been lived there for three months.
ive been lived there for three months.

the subway and the bus are very crowded.
the subway and the buses are very crowded.

because everyone has a work for government.
because everyone has a works for the government.

i think im old to move to another city.
i think im too old to move to another city.

Pronunciation


collar – [KAH ler]
criminal – [KRI min ul] (not kree min ul)
salmon – [SAH min]

Grammar


keep up – to not fall behind. like being able to keep up with the english being spoken in White Collar.
from the tap – this is the beer that is served in a bar that is NOT in bottles or cans. “What do you have on tap?” is how to ask the bartender what beer he/she has in this style.

Vocabulary


binge – to do excessively. some people binge on a tv show and watch 10 episodes in 10 hours.