VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I stayed with my boss. I quite enjoy because my boss is gentle.
I just eat new year dinner with my family.
Maybe I don’t care.
I prefer western holiday.
I like Christmas. I hanged out with my friends and buy some toys and eat some Christmas food.
In the bank we have Christmas decorations because my boss also likes western festivals.
He go abroad to study in UK.
Usually I accept other people’s presents

on the 24 I go to church to sing some Christmas songs.
I don’t believe in new year resolutions because I am action, I like to do and don’t think.
I want to learn latin and medieval history.
My boss can understand latin a little so I want to learn.
I have a lot of books about Latin.
It is difficult but one of my clients can understand latin, he is an English professor.
I want to go to the UK to study history so I must learn latin.
My boss told me it is easy but I can’t understand that.
My boss has a dual Ph.D in history and psychology.
He did his bachelor degree in management and finance and he go abroad to study history and psychology.


I stayed with my boss. I quite enjoy working with him because my boss is gentle.
I just ate the new year dinner with my family.  / I only celebrated by having the new year dinner with my family.

Maybe I don’t care about the spring festival much I prefer western holiday.
I like Christmas. I hanged out with my friends and bought some toys and ate some Christmas food, I also drank some gluehwein

In the bank we have Christmas decorations because my boss also likes western festivals.
He went abroad to study in the UK.
Usually I accept other people’s presents on the 25th.

on the 24th/ on Christmas eve  I went to church to sing some Christmas songs.
I don’t believe in new year resolutions because I am a woman of action / I prefer action. 
I like to do things rather than think about them / I am doer more than a thinker.

I want to learn latin and medieval history.
My boss can understand latin a little so I want to learn.
I have a lot of books about Latin.

It is difficult but one of my clients can understand latin, he is an English professor.
I want to go to the UK to study history so I must learn latin. / so learning latin is a prerequisite .
My boss told me it is easy but I find it quite difficult. 
My boss has a dual Ph.D in history and psychology.
He did his bachelor degree in management and finance and he went abroad to study history and psychology.

He has a lot of foreign friends.
I want to try but I have no time.

I read about Jerusalem’s history.
It is not safe because of the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
There is a tv show called game of thrones 
I like medieval costumes

Vocabulary

armor (n) 盔甲
medieval armors are very heavy

exhibition (n) 展览
The Shanghai museum has an exhibition on Botticelli

costume (n) 服装
I love medieval costumes

game of thrones (n) Tv series
I like watching game of thrones

throne (n) seat for a king 宝座
Only the king can sit on the throne

prerequisite (n) 先决条件/必备的
If you want to do a PhD have a masters degree is a prerequisite
Getting a visa is a prerequisite before you travel

eve (n) the night before前夕
On new year’s eve we had a party with some friends

president of a bank / bank president (n) 行长
He is the bank president

management (n) 管理
He learned management in Shanghai

high level / medium level / low level management (n)

manager (n)
My manager is very nice

psychology (n) 心理学
He studied psychology in the UK

psychologist (n) 心理学家
He is a psychologist

chaos (n) 混乱
the power outage caused chaos in the city.

PhD (n) 博士学位
He has a PhD in computer science

catholicism (n) 天主教
I read a book about catholicism

catholic (n/adj)
Catholic people go to church on Christmas eve

mass (n) the ceremony in a church
He went to the Christmas mass
People go to the mass on Sunday

Gluehwein (n) hot wine people drink during Christmas season.
I bought a glass of Gluehwein at the Christmas market

Christmas market (n)
I went to the Christmas market on the bund