VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

use words about position to describe a picture in writing 

Apart from shoulder pain, everything is fine  / except shoulder pain, everything is fine 

In the last quarantine in Xiamen I did a lot of push-ups.

I think I forced too much and I got some pain and now it is too bad. I can’t exercise normally.

I went to the doctor and he told me maybe I need surgery. / maybe I need to have a surgery / to undergo a surgery.

He said it is better I do that now and not 10 years later. / he advised me to have the surgery early.

It can be better but in some years maybe the pain comes back.  / I could delay the surgery but the pain would come back in the few years.

Finally I don’t know where is he -> I don’t know where he is. 

I told him ok we can have a meeting. He said when do you want to meet? and he has not responded since then.  He has been silent since then.

Yesterday I sent again another message.

He is from Venezuela and he is very good.
Now I know a lot of Spanish people here who had surgery with him / who went under his knife.

Now I used to stay home -> now I got used to staying home / I am used to staying home

Grammar

Say something
I said tomorrow morning 

Tell someone something  / tell something to someone 

I told the doctor I was in pain 

Used to : talk about a habit in the PAST
When I was a teenager I used to skip schools to play with my friends

Get used to/Be used to : habit now / familiar with something

I am used to staying home
At first I didn’t like Chinese food but I am used to it now

Vocabulary

Tree branch (n) rama de árbol
The birds is on the branch 

To ghost (v) no answer someone / receive messages but pretend you don’t see them
Tom has been ghosting me since I asked him to give me my money back 

Ghost (n) fantasma
I am afraid of ghosts 

Hypochondriac (n/adj) someone always worried about being sick
Tom us hypochondriac, he always washes his hands 10 times after touching anything

To undergo (v) to experience / go through / someterse a

I may have to undergo a surgery to fix my arm 

Athlete (n) professional sports people
the Olympic athletes entered the stadium.