VIP Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Work out (v): 1- to exercise in order to improve your body.
E.g.: She works out in the gym two or three times a week.
E.g.: I try to work out twice a week.
E.g.: Make sure you drink plenty of water if you are working out.

Personal Trainer (n): 1- someone whose job is to help you become stronger and healthier by deciding which exercises you should do and showing you how to do them:
E.g.: Sandy works out with her personal trainer every week.

To be worth something: 1- to be important or interesting enough to receive a particular action:
E.g.: I think this matter is worth our attention.
E.g.: When you’re in Paris, the Louvre Museum is worth a visit.

Visit (v/n): 1- to go to a place in order to look at it, or to a person in order to spend time with them:
E.g.: We visited a few museums while we were in New York.
E.g.: Will you visit me when I’m in hospital?
E.g.: When did you last visit the doctor?

Cirque du Soleil (n): 1- 太阳马戏团

United Nations (n): 1- 联合国

Treadmill (n): 1- 跑步机

Original:

I started to work out four years ago because I want to love my weight. I think the result is not obvious, because my weight didn’t change. At the beginning I usually go to swim. After swim I like to run in the treadmill for 20 minutes. Sometimes I do yoga.

Edited:

I started working out four years ago because I wanted to love weight. I think the results are not obvious / visible, because my weight didn’t change. I usually begin my work out swimming / with a swim. After that I like to run in the treadmill for 20 minutes. Sometimes also I do yoga.

Grammar

I studied in pharmacology. – I studied pharmacology.

I go to work in the 9AM. I went off work in the 7 or 9PM – I go to work in the 9AM. I get off work at 7 or 9PM.

Do you come back later? – Will you come back later?

I plan to America maybe two years later or one years later. – I plan to go to America in one or two years.

Pronunciation

Disorganized: dɪˈsɔːr.ɡə.naɪzd/

Assigned: /əˈsaɪn/

Yoga: /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/