2x F2F Class Notes (Vicki)

Vocabulary

match – da pei
i.e. My purse matches my shoes very well.

try on sth.
i.e. I like to try on lipsticks.

cosmetic product / beauty products
i.e. A lipstick is a cosmetic product or a beauty product.

bb cushion
i.e. I like YSL’s bb cushion.

used to be – 曾经是
i.e. I used to be a flight attendant.

beach – hai tan
i.e. I don’t like the beach.

industry – hang ye
i.e. I work in the advertising industry.

switch industry – 转行
i.e. I recently switched industry.

economy class
i.e. My seat is in economy class.

manner (noun.) – 素质
i.e. They do not have good manners.

warning – 警告
i.e. The air police will give them a warning if they don’t turn off their cellphone.

hide – ying cang
i.e. The air police hide within the normal passengers.

bump up a class
i.e. I want to be bumped up to business class.

platinum VIP
i.e. I am the platinum VIP of this airline.

observe – 观察
i.e. I like to observe other people.

bother – da rao
i.e. Some passengers will bother me with different things.

loyal – 忠实地
i.e. I am a loyal customer of this brand.
loyal fan
idol

tv drama
i.e. The popular TV drama I recently watched is 三十而已.

generation – nian dai
i.e. Me and my friends are the same generation.

bodybuilder – 健美者
i.e. He is a bodybuilder.

championship – competition
i.e. I just won the tennis championship.

coronavirus – xin guan
i.e. We had to stay at home for a long time because of the coronavirus.

macho – strong, tough
i.e. He looks very macho with his muscles.

minimum – zhi shao
i.e. You need a minimum of 4 people to enter the theater.

trend (n. / v.) – 流行/潮流
i.e. The beauty trend that is popular now is to have red lips.
i.e. Red lips are trending now.

satisfied – 满意的
i.e. I was satisfied with the test result.

satisfying – 令人满意的
i.e. The test result was satisfying for me.

socially （adv.) – 社会地
i.e. We need to be socially distanced from each other right now.

recruit – hire
i.e. I recruited my friend to come work with me.

gym – 健身房
i.e. I like to go to the gym after work.

A sushi restaurant in Japan has come up with a novel idea to help its business. It is using bodybuilders to deliver sushi to people’s homes and workplaces. The restaurant is located in central Japan and is owned by 41-year-old Masanori Sugiura. He is the third-generation owner of the 60-year-old Imazushi restaurant. As well as being a sushi chef, Mr Sugiura is a bodybuilder. He ranked third in a world bodybuilding championship earlier this year. He wanted to increase sales in his restaurant after the number of customers dropped because of coronavirus. Sugiura called his service “Delivery Macho“. Customers need to order a minimum of 7,000 yen ($66) of sushi to get their food delivered by a bodybuilder.

The Delivery Macho service is proving to be popular with customers. Even though the restaurant is in central Japan, Mr Sugiura says he has delivered sushi to places as far away as Tokyo and Osaka. Tokyo is around 350km from the restaurant. The service has also been trending on Twitter. Satisfied customers have posed for photos with the bodybuilding delivery men, who take their shirt off and pose for photos at the doorstep. The delivery men stay socially distanced. This has helped to increase orders for the restaurant. Mr Sugiura said the service has also helped to employ people out of work. He recruited his friends from fitness gyms to work as sushi delivery staff.

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