VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

drowsy (adj.)

fatigue (n) 疲劳,乏力
zoom fatigue

root words

lingua franca (n) 通用语

gender (n)

conjugation (n) 动词变位

masculine (adj.)
feminine (adj.)

tone (n)
tonal (adj.)

syntax (n) 句法学

measure word

word order

high-end (adj.)
low-end (adj.)

professionalism (n)

vanity (n) 虚荣心

moderate (adj.) 恰当的,适量的,有节制的
I am a moderate drinker.
to do sth moderately.

in moderation

obesity rate (n) 肥胖率

decent – decency (n)

be addicted to

food desert (n)

folksy (adj.)

sophisticated (adj.) 世故的,圆滑的,饱经世事的

Grammar

989,374,809,023

2万: 20,000

32万: 320, 000 

8870万: 88,700,000

4千万: 40 m

3.6亿: 360 M

1亿; 100 M

1.4 B

trillion (n) 万亿

billion: 十亿

Speaking exercise

not until
I did not go to bed until 1:30am.
I did not fall asleep until 2am.

that’s just how she is.
that’s just how things are in SH.
That’s how he talks.

It reminds me to think of an Italian colleague.
It reminds me of an Italian colleague.

They will invite all the employees that located outside of the U.S.
They will invite employees outside of the U.S.