VIP Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
i won’t let ask him to sit in the hall
I drank so much coffee. / I drank a lot of coffee.
I saw so many people. / I saw a lot of people.
yeah, I haven’t questions. – I don’t have any questions.
imply V. – to say sth. without directly saying it
eg: Are you sure you should eat that cake? It looks very unhealthy. I just think maybe it’s not the best for you.
What are you implying?
Just that you are fat. (Rude in USA)
eg: I thought maybe I could take a break while you were spelling that.
Are you implying that I am too slow?
Nooooo, of course not. Take your time.
eg: Do you still smoke cigarettes?
(Are you implying that I smoke?) Cuz) I never smoked.
Do you still have a yellow car?
I don’t have a yellow car. (hmm, maybe she sold it?) (Now you don’t have it)
I didn’t have a yellow car.
Did you quit your job yet?
(are you implying that I wanted to quit?) Yet? I wasn’t going to quit.
Family names:
From MOM:
mom’s brother: Uncle
mom’s brother’s wife: Sister in-law
mom’s sister’s husband: brother in-law
mom’s uncle’s/aunt’s children: Cousins
your sister’s/brother’s children: Nephew(Boy) Niece (girl)
Yvonne’s Examples:
I will have a niece near the end of the year.
She will have her baby in 5 days later.
I will be an aunt near the end of the year.
The teacher’s bad mood implied that we did bad in on exams.
extended family – all your other relatives
eg: I haven’t met most of my extended family.
eg: Our babies may not know their extended families.
immediate family – people like your parents, brother and sister, children, maybe uncles and aunts, grandparents
eg: in Spring festival we will take a trip with our immediate family.
reunion – meet a group that you haven’t met for a long time, family, high school, college, work
eg: I saw a photo at my family reunion and I didn’t recognize anyone.
eg: When people get older they like having the occasional reunion with their mates.
Pronunciation
The Rural Juror (extremely hard to pronounce, even for native speakers)
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