VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

view (n) 风景，观点

accent (n) 口音

dialect (n) 方言

stranger (n) 陌生人

boring (adj.) 无聊的

authentic (adj.) 纯正的，地道的，正宗的, 权威的
Sweat and sour pork is authentic Shanghai food.

author (n) 作者
writer (n) 作家
The author of this book is Lu Xun.
Lu Xun is a writer.

clip (n) a short video

pale (adj.)  = colorless 苍白的，面无血色
After the surgery, she looked very pale.

grease (n) 油渍，油污 – greasy (adj.) 油腻

swine (n) = pig
swine flu 猪流感

sabotage (v) 毁坏，毁灭

strange = weird

bilingual (adj.) 双语的
My math class is bilingual.

translate (v) 翻译
Today, I translated 500 words from English to Chinese.

translator (n) 翻译家，做翻译的人，翻译｜
Mr. Xu is China’s most famous translator.

translation (n) 翻译的作品
The quality of his translation is not very high.
This book has 2 translations.

quality (n) 质量

jealous (adj.) 嫉妒的
jealousy (n) 嫉妒的心理

opposite (adj.) 相反的，对面的
I am sitting in the opposite direction from you.
I have opposite views with you.

private (adj.) 隐私的，私密的，私下的，私人的

privacy (n) 隐私
internet privacy

on purpose 故意地
He did this on purpose.

behave (v) 表现 – behavior (n) 行为
Please behave nice while I am gone, otherwise you will be punished.

punish (v) 惩罚 – punishment
Yesterday, my teacher punished me to clean the classroom because I forgot to turn in my HW.
Yesterday, I was punished to clean the classroom by my teacher for not turning in my HW.

explain (v) : ~ to sb  向….解释
I already explained to him but he wouldn’t listen.

Pronunciation

snack
snake

direct – direction
decorate – decoration

It sounds very stranger.
It sounds very strange.

B like A but A love C, so B is so jealousy and B can speak French. Because C french people, and A want B to have a translator for C. B is agreed, but B is so jealous and B on purpose translate another not nice talk. C listened it very angry, at that time, A is understand what B is doing, and A stopped B’s behavior. They sit down again, B translate again, this time it’s right translator, but C is angry too. C leave the table angrily and A is so sad, B want to help A, so B explain what she do, C listened it happily and she understand it. But she can understand English and B is so surprised.

A likes a French girl called C, but A doesn’t speak French. B is a bilingual girl who likes A. So A asks B to translate for him and C.
Because of B’s jealousy, she translates everything to the opposite.

C became very angry after she heard all this. So she slaps his face and leaves them. A is confused, so he talks with B privately. After the talk, B decided to help A, but nothing could save them.

In the end, B talks with C and to her surprise, C actually speaks perfect English and she knows everything from the beginning. This leaves B in a shock.