VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

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high school sweetheart – you marry your high school boyfriend/girlfriend

e.g. They’ve been together for 40 years – happy high school sweethearts.

degenerate – 退化 – noun/adj

e.g. He drinks all day and sleeps with prostitutes, he’s a degenerate.

e.g. Western culture sometimes is degenerate.

progressive – forward thinking – embracing the future – open to new ideas

get tested – go to the doctor to check your sexual health

e.g. He slept with a prostitute and went to get tested the next day.

e.g. Get tested! Live a safe lifestyle!

testosterone – 睾 酮

e.g. In America, some girls are taking testosterone because they want to become boys, but they are competing in sports against girls, so it gives them an unfair advantage.

estrogen – 雌 激素

e.g. Birth control releases estrogen into the body so she cannot get pregnant.

admiration noun- to admire – verb

Freud – psychologist who said you love your mom/dad – Freudian

Grammar

in that time / [during that time]

only focus on academically / only focus on academics

PM 8 / 8 PM

your mental is adult or not / your mentality is adult or not

they will got angry – they would become angry