VIP Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
the elimination of smoking in restaurants is great!
smoking should be eliminated in all restaurants.
press charges – officially charge someone with a crim
eg: I attacked Tony, but he didn’t press charges. Because he knows I am very sorry.
What is five times eight?
five times eight equals forty. 5 x 8 = 40.
What is ten minus five?
Ten minus five equals five. 10 – 5 = 5
What is fifteen hundred (1500) plus eight hundred (800)?
Fifteen hundred plus eight hundred equals twenty three hundred. NOT 23,000
What is 20 divided by 4?
Twenty divided by four is five. 20 / 4 = 5
room temperature – this phrase is self-explanatory ( Same temp. as room)
self-explanatory – something that explains itself.
eg: What is this coffee table for? I think it’s self-explanatory. (It’s for coffee)
eg: most statistics are self-explanatory.
statistic – info and numbers, gathered to show ideas.
eg: Statistics say, that smoking causes cancer. Seventy Percent of people who smoke, will get cancer.
the media – people who control media, like news, tv shows, movies and music.
eg: They think they can’t trust the media.
Big Numbers.
1,000 ONE THOUSAND (3 zeros) 1千
ten thousand / 30,000 / five hundred thousand
1,000,000 ONE MILLION 1百万 a thousand thousands, or (1000 x 1000)
15,000,000 / Two hundred million / 350,000
1,000,000,000 ONE BILLION 10亿 a thousand millions, or (1000 x 1,000,000)
thirty billion / 200,000,000,000 /
1,000,000,000,000 ONE TRILLION 1万亿 a thousand billions, or (1000 x 1,000,000,000)
UK 10,99 Euros Ten Euros and ninety nine cents.
USA 10.99 Dollars Ten dollars and ninety nine cents/pennies(US cents).
French Numbers –
add 20’s together.
80 = four twenties 4×20 = quatre(4) vingt(20)
98 – four twenties and an eighteen. quatre vingt dix huit
Pronunciation
What did – What’d you observe? Whaddid you observe?
What do you ____ want? – Whaddya want?
identified – Eye-Denna-Fied
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