VIP Class Notes (Raph)[W][S][R]

Go to www.breakingnewsenglish.com, pick  an article, read it carefully, and then write a paragraph about it.

Vocabulary

Native (adj): 1- relating to or describing someone’s country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place.
E.g.: She returned to live and work in her native Japan.
E.g.: She’s a native Californian.
E.g.: He’s a native English speaker, but he can also speak Spanish and French very well.

Proficiency (n): 1- great skill, ability, and experience.
E.g.: Candidates must be able to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in both languages.

Proficient (adj): 1- highly skilled.
E.g.: He’s very proficient with computers.
E.g.: She’s proficient in four languages.

Critical (n): 1- very important.
E.g.: What happens in the next 48 hours is critical.

Bilingual (adj): 1- able to speak two languages.
E.g.: The company is looking to hire a bilingual secretary.

Quiz (n): 1- a short informal test
E.g.: There was a quiz in history class today.

Contestant (n): 1- someone who’s in a competition.
E.g.: In tonight’s quiz, our contestants have come from all over the country.

Original:

After class I will go to cinema to watch the Avengers. Actually, I don’t like this kind of film, but my friend is really into it. And tomorrow afternoon I have an competition of badminton, from 1PM to 3PM. It’s a competition for single woman. I learned badminton when I six years old. I learned it for 6 years and I stopped, so now I want repick it. On Sunday I have a shooting for a lookbook of my friends. She’s my friend who I met in Paris and she just came Shanghai. This shooting is her collection for Summer 2018.

Edited:

After class I will go to the cinema to watch the Avengers. Actually, I don’t like this kind of film, but my friend is really into it. Tomorrow afternoon I have a women’s singles badminton competition, from 1PM to 3PM. I started learning badminton when I was six years old. I learned it for 6 years and I stopped, so now I want pick it up again. On Sunday I have a shooting for a friend’s lookbook. I met her in Paris and she just came back to Shanghai. This shooting is for her Summer 2018 collection.

Original:

I had many clients during the past two years when I was in Paris . Most of them was really friendly. In my memory ， there was just one client who made me speechless.
It was a shooting for a designer’s lookbook who was a friend of my best friend . So I asked just for half price. I arrived the studio early as the designer told me the they had just half hour for make up . But I waited for already half hour until they arrived.
Then I started my work and I finished in half hour. The designer asked me if I can stay until the finish. But actually the price was for just once make up , if they needed me to stay to refine the make up , the price should be different. As I didn’t have any other job , I agreed. But in the after 3 hours of shooting, I did no more make up , she asked me to do the ironing, to holded the boumce card , to buy some coffee ，she didn’t even give the money for coffee.. I became an assistant.

Edited:

I had many clients during the past two years, when I was in Paris . Most of them were really friendly. In my memory / As far as I remember,  there was just one client who made me speechless.
It was a shooting for a lookbook of a designer who was friends with my best friend, so I asked just for half price. I arrived at the studio early, as the designer told me the they had just half hour for make up, but I ended up waiting for half an hour, until they arrived.
I started my work and I finished in 30 minutes, but the designer asked me if I could stay until the end. Actually, the rate I charged was for just doing the make up once, and if they needed me to stay to retouch it, the price should be different, but as I didn’t have any other job, I agreed. The problem was that in the following 3 hours of shooting, I did no more make up. Instead, she asked me to do the ironing, to hold the bounce card, to buy some coffee. She didn’t even give money for the coffee! I became an assistant.

Best To Learn A New Language Before Age Of 10
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1805/180504-language-learning-5.html)

New research suggests that to achieve native-like proficiency in a new language, people should start learning before the age of ten. Researchers said children up to the age of 18 remain skilled at learning grammar. Unfortunately, those who want to pick up a new language beyond their late teens are past the “critical period” when language-learning ability starts to decline. A researcher said: “As far as a child is concerned, it’s quite easy to become bilingual….That’s when you’re best at learning languages. It’s not really something that you can make up later.”

The research was based on the results of 670,000 people taking a 10-minute online grammar quiz. Researchers measured the grammatical ability of people who started learning a language at different points in their life. The test had grammar rules that were likely to confuse non-native speakers. These measured a person’s proficiency. Another researcher suggested older people might be too busy to learn a language. He said after 17 or 18, people leave home, go to university or start work. All of these could affect how well someone learns a language.

Pronunciation

Photographer: /fəˈtɑː.ɡrə.fɚ/

Photograph: /ˈfoʊ.t̬oʊ.ɡræf/

Woman: /ˈwʊm.ən/

Women: /ˈwɪmɪn/

Research: /ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/ /rɪˈsɝːtʃ/ 

Suggest: /səˈdʒest/

Native: /ˈneɪ.t̬ɪv/

Proficiency: /prəˈfɪʃənsi/

Proficient: /prəˈfɪʃ.ənt/

Remain: /rɪˈmeɪn/

Decline: /dɪˈklaɪn/

Bilingual: /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/

Quiz:  /kwɪz/

Secretary: /ˈsek.rə.ter.i/