VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

Monsoon Season – heavy rain season

eg: We had a predictable monsoon season.

sluggish – when you feel slow moving

eg: I’m feeling a little sluggish today, I didn’t get enough sleep.

muggy – outside, humid

eg: It’s hard to breathe, because it’s so muggy. I’m a little short of breath.

eg: Do you feel short of breath too? It’s so hot and muggy.

stuffy – inside, no air flow

eg: It will get really stuffy in this room without the fan.

precipitation – rain

eg: There’s a 30% chance of precipitation this evening.

Vent – an opening for things to go through, like air

eg: We need to clean that air vent.

eg: The ventilation(air flow) is not good in this room.

wrinkly – has wrinkles

eg: I heard silk never gets wrinkly, but apparently that’s wrong.

deviation – away from the norm

eg: I think sleeping 8 hours a night is good for most people, but a little deviation from that schedule wouldn’t hurt either.

acres / hectares – 1 acre = about 6 MU 3亩

mile- 5，640 feetin 啊mile

yards – about 3 feet in a  yard

feet – 12 inches in a foot

eg: 1 meter equals 3.28.

inch –

eg: This table is 30 inches long.

Grammar

the last two months

after a whole day’s work

a whole day of work

I hate staying up late

Tell me about the newest projects that started last month

I have been prepared, all the projects from 6 montsh ago. Its really hard to get into the tv shopping channel. My family has built our farm in anhui province, its a really big farm, its almost 2000