VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

entertainment show (n) 娱乐节目

accidentally = by accident

celebrity (n) famous people

professional  (adj.) (n)
professor (n) 

boxer (n) 拳击手，平角裤

training camp 
ie. There celebrities were invited to join this month-long training camp.

ring (n) 拳击台

KO: Knock Out 

TKO: Technical KO

stand for (v) 代表

slack off (v) 偷懒
ie. My coworker is always slacking off during work.

predict (v) 预测，预料
prediction (n)
(un)predictable (adj) 

negotiate (v) 谈判
negotiation (n) 

founder 

human nature

assess/evaluate (v) 评估
ie. Zhang will ~them first.

trial class 体验课 

murder (v)
ie. Has the police found the murderer yet?

suitcase (n) 行李箱

alive (adj.)

step-father/son

criminal (n)

be aware of 有意识

awareness (n) 意识
ie. It’s good that you have the awareness.
ie. He has the ~ of protecting himself.

dump (v) to throw away
ie. We need to dump the trash, it’s been in the house for 3 days!

catastrophe/disaster

survive (v) 

follow up (v) 后续

compound 

impact = influence

The past week has been slow for me.
It’s been a slow week.

At first, I thought it was just a show, they won’t play seriously. 

When I watched it for the first time,

I was shocked/astonished!

game/competition/match

Each game has 3 rounds

every round has 2 minutes
every round is 2 minutes

the women’s team has 1 minute

the boxing game need the boxers have strength and willpower/resilience
the game requires the boxers to have great strength and strong willpower/resilience

most of the celebrities will play/perform very well in the first round, because they are not professional boxers, they don’t know how to save/preserve their strength.

They will do their best to attack the opponent.

In the last round, they are too tired/exhausted to raise their hands to protect themselves.

in this time, if someone has enough strength, he can KO the opponent. He will be the winner.

There is a lot of TKOs, but never a KO.

A is working hard, B is slacking off, so the result is predictable. 

Boxers are divided based on their weight, skills and height.

Before, I thought the dangerous won’t happened on me.
Before, I thought that danger will never happen to me.

I don’t know when to say what!

Normally,

generally,

You made a lot progress!

Pronunciation

murder

modern

trail

trip

idiot

Italy

Lily

idol