Class Notes (Tibo) [S] JJ

I’m doing ok understanding/ reading . maybe not so good writing but certainly I don’t speak well. I can’t find exact words and sometimes I don’t know the whole structure.I was never been in an international school before. I don’t really have an English speaking environment. I learned English by practicing at school. My English test scores is often ranked first at school but I feel it is hard to express and make friends with a person from other country.
if I speak something for the very first time , I would think in Chinese first and then translate.

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If I was interviewed I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to say to the interviewer.
I would probably talk about something that the other person is interested in.

it takes me like 30y to finally find out what the culture represents.

Maybe I don’t know know how to express the meaning I want to speak.

in core Shanghai, the culture is a bit, like when you understand the history of the buildings at the center of Shanghai. Maybe the the stages that you will be educated . How you are always … It has taken me like 30 years to finally find out what the center of Shanghai really means. because of my work now. Maybe the first phase of education that I got my job they told me the area in Xuhui was rented to a France , Japan, and that area now is called historical site protection area.

My family bought an apartment in 2015 so we live in a brand new neighborhood right now.
I am now doing finance management. our company is 事业单位
it is a special entity.
Financial management but I don’t deal with financial analysis but I do biz performance. And I will evaluate every department perf every quarter and manage the contracts and would check the contract is written in the right format.
it includes cost evaluation.
I got married 3 years before. and I have given birth to a baby last year. I just recovered from that and went bak toward in 1 year. I now live with my parents. I lived on my own after marriage but I moved back because I need them to take care of my baby when Im at work. Pets would take too much effort, I don’t have such time. I was never allowed to keep a cat and now I have learned myself I don’t need a pet.

when I was a kid I felt I really want a pet. not only that I want to take care of something but it would also bring me a lot of happiness, but through the time I was growing up, If I get lonely I played with my classmates.
I would also find something else to do instead of keeping company with a pet. so I have learned the concept that a pet takes energy. you always could find something to do. but I totally envy those guys that keep well of a cat.

I play the piano. I love music, and drawing. I like to siteseeing houses. Windowshopping mostly. I like concessions I like go on trips.

I’m doing ok understanding/ reading . maybe not so good writing but certainly I don’t speak well. I can’t find exact words and sometimes I don’t know the whole structure.I was never been in an international school before. I don’t really have an English speaking environment. I learned English by practicing at school. My English test scores is often ranked first at school but I feel it is hard to express and make friends with a person from other country.
if I speak something for the very first time , I would think in Chinese first and then translate.

If I were interviewed I wouldn’t know what to say. I would’t know what to say to/ to tell the interviewer.
I would probably talk about something that the other person is interested in./ I would try to find some common points between us.

it took me like 30y/about 30y to finally find out/realize/understand what my culture represents.

Maybe I don’t know know how to express the meaning I want to convey

in the center of Shanghai, the culture is a bit different. it takes time to grasp what the history of buildings represents.
It may be related to one’s level of education.

I learned about shanghai’s history in my job. / thanks to my job I discovered that some areas in Xuhui were rented to France, Japan , ….those areas are now is called historical site protection area.

My family bought an apartment in 2015 so we live in a brand new neighborhood right now.
I am now doing/working in/I deal with/my expertise is in finance management. our company is an independent non profit organization.
it is a special entity.
I work in financial management but I don’t deal with/do financial analysis but I do biz performance. And I will evaluate every department perf every quarter and manage the contracts and will check if /will make sure the contracts are written in the right format.
it includes cost evaluation.

I got married 2 years ago/in 2017. and I gave birth/ to a baby last year/ I had a baby last year. I just recovered from that and went back to work within 1 year. I now live with my parents. I lived on my own after marriage but I moved back because I need them to take care of my baby when I’m at work/ because they help me to take care of my son when I am at work / this way we take turns taking care of my son. Pets would take too much energy, I don’t have such/enough time. I was never allowed to keep a cat and now I have learned/realized  I don’t need a pet.

when I was a kid I felt I really wanted a pet. not only that I also wanted to take care of something but it would also bring me a lot of happiness, but through the time I was growing up/ during my childhood, If I got lonely I played with my classmates.
I would also find something else to do instead of keeping company with a pet. so I have understood the concept saying that a pet takes energy. you always could find something else to do. but I totally envy those guys that take care of a cat.

I play the piano. I love music, and drawing. I like to go sightseeing houses/ I like to look at houses. Windowshopping mostly. I like to walk around the concessions I like go on trips.

I’m doing ok understanding/ reading . maybe not so good writing but certainly I don’t speak well. I can’t find exact words and sometimes I don’t know the whole structure.I was never been in an international school before. I don’t really have an English speaking environment. I learned English by practicing at school. My English test scores is often ranked first at school but I feel it is hard to express and make friends with a person from other country.
if I speak something for the very first time , I would think in Chinese first and then translate.

Vocabulary

to go off tracks: when you start talking about something unrelated
Our meeting was supposed to last 1hour but we went off tracks and ended up talking for 3 hours.

independent non profit organization : 事业单位
I work for an independent non profit organization.

entity : a legal body.
We are registered as a non profit entity.

concessions: something given not entirely willingly but as a result of negotiation.
The former French concession in Shanghai has many interesting sites.
I didn’t want to make any concessions on the price when negotiating the contract.

energy : power
Taking care of a pet takes a lot of energy.

level of education: how far someone studied.
What’s your level of education? -> I have a master degree in ….

to convey : to give
He conveyed his meaning in his pantings.

Grammar

general statement – use present tense – use the plural form whenever possible
When I am interviewed I don’t/never know what to say
I love cats.

hypothesis – conditional (second conditional)
If I were interviewed I wouldn’t  know what to say.
If I had a cat, I would have less time for myself.