{"id":118279,"date":"2019-05-04T14:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T06:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartyingyu.com\/?p=118279"},"modified":"2019-05-04T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T06:51:14","slug":"vip-class-notes-nicholass-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartyingyu.com\/vip-class-notes-nicholass-18\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)(S)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Homework<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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Tell me about a time you were frustrated…<\/p>\n\n

Vocabulary<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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fierce – \u6fc0\u70c8<\/strong><\/p>\n

spirit – \u7cbe\u795e<\/strong><\/p>\n

volleyball – \u6392\u7403<\/strong><\/p>\n

e.g. The Chinese women’s volleyball team is full of fierce women who have a strong competitive spirit.<\/p>\n\n

mature –\u00a0\u6210\u719f<\/strong><\/p>\n

immature – \u672a\u6210\u719f\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n

e.g. Nicholas is very immature because I am interested in “boy things”.<\/p>\n\n

“making an investment in yourself”<\/strong><\/p>\n

e.g. What are some examples of investments in yourself: going to the gym, your education, learning new skills.<\/p>\n\n

to keep in touch \/ to lose touch\/ I’ve lost touch \/ to get back in touch<\/p>\n\n

marathon<\/strong> – a long race of 27 miles –\u00a0\u9a6c\u62c9\u677e<\/p>\n

e.g. People who come from Kenya usually are the best marathon runners.<\/p>\n\n

movie marathon<\/strong> – watching many movies “in a row” or “one after another without stopping”<\/p>\n\n

night owl<\/strong> – this is a person who prefers to be awake during the night and asleep during the day<\/p>\n

e.g. Lily is a night owl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

e.g. Nicholas is more productive during the night \u2014 this is why he is a night owl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

nocturnal\u00a0<\/strong>– adj – describes an animal that is active during the night and asleep during the day<\/p>\n

e.g. People are not naturally nocturnal. However, animals like bats, owls, and cats are nocturnal.<\/p>\n\n

eye bags – bags under my eyes<\/strong> – dark circles under the eyes<\/p>\n\n

procrastinate<\/strong> – \u62d6\u5ef6<\/p>\n

e.g. Procrastinators wait until the last second to do something.<\/p>\n

“if you want something to get done, give it to a busy person” = busy people are productive people<\/p>\n\n

multi-task<\/strong> – able to do many things at one time<\/p>\n

e.g. Usually people say that women are better multi-taskers than men.<\/p>\n\n

more efficient = more productive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Parkinson’s Law<\/strong> – if you give yourself a long time to do something, it will take a long time to do \/ if you give yourself a short time to do something, you will finish it very quickly<\/p>\n

e.g. In college\/university, I had to write a 40 page paper. The teacher told me about this paper in the beginning of the semester. I had many months to write this paper. I chose to write the paper the night before it was due. That’s 40 pages in one night.<\/p>\n

e.g. I had to write a 40-page paper. I had to write a paper that was 40 pages. My paper was 40 pages long.<\/p>\n

e.g. How many pages does the paper have to be? 40 pages long.<\/p>\n\n\n

paper = certificate<\/p>\n\n

frustrated \u00a0<\/strong>– \u53d7\u632b<\/p>\n

e.g. Cooking frustrates me.<\/p>\n\n

Grammar<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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I had been cheated<\/p>\n

and we don’t have<\/del> a contract \/ and we\u00a0didn’t have a\u00a0<\/strong>contract<\/p>\n\n\n

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Speaking exercise<\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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Original<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because I have something must – I must do something at daytime only if when I sleep on my bed it’s time for myself – I can do anything I want. I’m not tired but my face – the black eye circle. I don’t feel tired but others maybe thing I’m tired. For eg I can watch movie without others say something to me \/\u00a0disturbing me.<\/strong>\u00a0For eg if in my work, if something is not emergency I will take it to tomorrow.<\/p>\n

No I have been worked for 6 years. Maybe my university\/ college I have played for three years and studied only one year. I found very – if people go more older it is more harder to meet new friends. Most of my good friends is my senior or middle school classmates. Now I have many colleague – our relationship is good but I don’t think we are good friend.<\/p>\n

Corrected<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the daytime I always have\u00a0things to do, but at\u00a0nighttime I can spend time on myself<\/strong>\u00a0– I can do anything I want. I’m not tired but my face looks tired\u00a0<\/strong>– there are<\/strong>\u00a0circles under my eyes<\/strong>. I don’t feel tired but others maybe think I’m tired. For eg I can watch movies<\/strong> without others saying<\/strong> something to me \/\u00a0disturbing me \/ annoying me.\u00a0<\/strong>For eg if<\/del> in my work, if something is not an\u00a0<\/strong>emergency I will push it to<\/strong>\u00a0tomorrow.<\/p>\n

No I have been working<\/strong> for 6 years. Maybe my university\/college I have<\/del> played for three years and studied only one year \/ [I took it seriously for only one year]<\/strong>. I found very – as<\/strong>\u00a0people grow<\/strong>\u00a0more<\/del> older<\/span> it is more<\/del> harder<\/span> to meet new friends. Most of my good friends\u00a0are<\/strong> my senior or middle school classmates. Now I have many colleagues<\/strong>\u00a0– our relationship is good but I don’t think we are good friends<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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