VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

temporary (adj.) 临时的，短暂的，暂时的
temper (n) 脾气
lose one’s temper 发脾气
ill-tempered (adj.) 脾气不好的
temperature (n) 温度
fever (n) 发烧

pension (n) 养老金，抚恤金

bonus (n) 津贴，奖金
end-of-year bonus 年终奖

volcano (n) 火山

prequel (n) 前传
sequel (n) 后记，后传，续集

e-book
e-mail

physical book 纸质书

crowd (n) 人群
crowded (adj.) 拥挤的

advantage (n) 优点
disadvantage (n) 缺点

for fun 为了趣味

audio-book 有声书

audio (n) 音频，声音，音轨
radio (n) 录音机，收音机
channel (n) 频道

出轨:  to have an affair
Jane is having an affair.

depend on  取决于，依靠，依赖
according to 根据
It depends on your interest.

tutor 导师

into sth 喜欢上某事，迷上某事

Grammar

interest (n) 兴趣，利益
interest rate (n) 利率

be interested in 对…感兴趣
I am interested in books.

interested 感兴趣
interesting 有趣的

listen (v) 听（的动作）
hear (v) 听到（的结果）

it can invisible.
it makes you invisible.
You will be invisible to others.

I just interesting this story
I am just interested in these stories.

I be interested in English history.
I am interested in English history.

in their phone
on their phone

I like listen some music
I like to listen to music

On weekends, I read some physical books.

e-books don’t good for eyes.
e-books are not good for eyes.

对…好： be kind/good to/for.

we can learn knowledges from books
we can learn knowledge from books

I love some history
I love history

the books is hard to read.
the books are hard to read.

BBC content compare with books content

the books write about this history.
the books are about history.
the author of these books writes about history from that time.

I always listen books.
I always listen to audio-books.

I just want to listen Colin Firth.
I just want to hear Colin Firth’s voice.

for workers like me, just about interesting.
for working professionals, it is about interest.

I like medieval history because him
I got into medieval history because of him