VIP Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Vocabulary

criticize (V) – to point out some problems

eg: Kids in America are professionals at criticizing people, they can be so mean.

eg: Most employees in China never dare to criticize their boss.

critical (ADJ)

eg: He is really critical of his own work. He’s a perfectionist.

eg: Recently, patients are more critical of doctors.

contradict – to say the opposite of what you or someone else said.

Mom: Don’t contradict me in from of the kids.

Dad: What do you mean? I just they can have ice cream.

Mom: I know! I told them to wait until dinner is finished!

eg: HE told us to stay late, but not work overtime. He is always contradicting himself.

https://www.learnenglish.de/grammarpage.html

Read one new page every day.

Review the last page you studied, and read a new one every day.

This forces you to read every page twice.

Study Examples first. If you don’t understand, then read the rules.

Grammar

I’ve been working in Beijing last year?

What? so, you still work there?

No, I was working there last year.

What are you doing today?

I’m working today – I’ve been working today. (Maybe still working?) / I was working today. (Not working now)

and I meet with 30 patients. – I met 30 patients. (Finished meeting them) / I’ve met with 30 patients. (At some point in your life, you have done this)

How many patients do you think you’ve met total?

I think I’ve met about thousands of patients total. It’s normal for every doctor in Shanghai.

In big cities they need to meet so many patients.

Write about what you like and dislike about education in China – try to use some of the vocabulary from today and don’t repeat simple vocabulary.

I don’t like the education in China. In Chinese education, students can only accept what the teacher says passively, and they are lack of critical thinking about the content. Critical thinking skills are an important tool, especially when it comes to personal beliefs and academics. In secondary school, students need to learn many formulas, they also need to learn all kinds of geometry, but when they have been graduated, they would actually forget. By the time students get to college it is too late to change habits to learn new skills such as the ability of critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication skills that should have been taught to them in high school in my opinion.

Write about what you like and dislike about education in China – try to use some of the vocabulary from today and don’t repeat simple vocabulary.

I don’t love the education in China. In Chinese education, students can only passively accept what the teacher says and they lack critical thinking about the content. Critical thinking skills are an important tool, especially when it comes to personal beliefs and academics. In secondary school, students need to learn many math formulas, they also need to learn all kinds of geometry, but when they have graduated, they would actually forget most of it. By the time students get to college it is too late to change habits to learn new skills, such as the ability of critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication skills that should have been taught to them in high school.

Pronunciation

should have = shoulda

most of it – Mo-Stuvit

are an important – Ah Ran – Nim Por-Tent