VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

rebel (v/n) 反叛，抗逆
i.e I rebelled against my father’s will a lot when I was young.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

rebellious (adj)
i.e I was never a rebellious kid when I was in high school.

resent (v) 憎恨 – resentment
i.e My resentment for her is gone.

will (n) 意志

expect (v) – expectation 预期

life expectancy 

facade (n)

philosophy (n) 哲学

opponent (n)反对者
i.e I am an opponent of toxic masculinity.

proponent (n) 支持者
i.e I am a strong proponent of feminism.
i.e She is a hard-core feminist.

story of my life

factory education 

customized 

ideal (adj) 理想的

supportive 

understanding (adj) 善解人意，理解的

rigid (adj) 僵硬的，

close-minded 

Grammar

pretend to be 

part of the reason was b my high school english teacher, in my 1st year in high school, my english T was very young, and she just graduated in that year.
part of the reason was b my high school english teacher, in my 1st year in high school, my english T was very young, and she just graduated that year.

We are the first students in schools,
We were the first students that she taught.

she wants to make them like to study
she wanted them to form/develop the habit of studying English.

For me I noticed that, I feel that is not a teacher should do.
For me, that’s beyond a teacher’s responsibility.

at that time, I was very hate her
at that time, I really hated/resented her.

You don’t need to pretend our friend or other ID to us.
You don’t need to pretend to be our friend or put a facade on all the time.

so I was against her purpose in teaching.
so I was a strong opponent of her teaching philosophy.

and this against emotion not just happen to me, half of my classmates have this emotion
It’s not just me who had this rebellious emotion, actually,  half of my classmates had it too.

but 1st year in high school is very important
but 1st year in high school was very important

I just losed all my interest in English, until my first travel abroad
I just lost all my interest in English, until I travelled abroad for the first time. 

I finally noticed English is very important
Finally, I realized how important it is to know English well.

I feel travel missed a little important experience.
I felt that something was missing in the trip.

Pronunciation

feminism

feminist

toxic  masculinity.

masculin – feminine