VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Find an article in English and describe why you liked the article without telling us what it is about.

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unclear meaning from pauses in speech:

Mehdi Navid-Adham, chief of Iran’s High Education Council, informed state television of the ban last Saturday.

Vocabulary

I’m having a lazy day

I don’t have too many interactions with customers.

when I go to the groceries grocery store

when I get groceries.

you can stay longer at your bed – you can stay in bed longer

mellow – very relaxed and easy going

eg: I had a mellow day.

chill (ADJ. V.) – be relaxed and easy going

eg: You need to chill out, you are too stressed.

eg: I just wanna chill today.

eg: Let’s chill out and have a drink or something.

stress (V. N.)

eg: Sometimes I stress out at work.

eg: Don’t stress, just chill, everything is gonna be fine.

stressful ADJ.

eg: I have a stressful schedule.

stressed ADJ.

eg: I tend to be stressed easily from work.

ethnicity – the “color” or “race” the genetic (DNA) background of a person

eg: I’m the majority ethnicity in china, which is Han.

eg: There are 55 minority ethnicities in China.

prejudice N. – a special impression of you, only because of what you are. and disliked

eg: She’s a woman, so she can’t work this job.

eg: Men can’t take care of babies.

eg: We can’t invite that Shanghai guy, I can’t stand those Shanghai guys.

stereotype – a set of ideas about certain groups of people

eg: A stereotype for black people in USA is that they are good dancers.

eg: Oh, you’re asian, you can help me with this math problem?

eg: A sterotype of Dong Bei people is, that they drink a lot.

glitter – a bling bling, kind of shiny thing, made of very very small pieces, like powder, you can wear it.

eg: You have some glitter on your nose.

a pushover – someone who is easy to get them to do what you want.

eg:Cassie is definitely not a pushover, she’s just mellow.

pushy ADJ – always trying to persuade

eg: If I meet a pushy person, I go the other way.