F2F Class Notes (Jacob) [W]

Vocabulary

Subsidies – money given by the government or a company for a specific purpose like education or housing
Subsidize – the action of paying part of something for someone

Pension – a monthly payment from a company or government after retiring

Unemployment Insurance – money paid to you if you lose your job

Pattern – something that follows a logical path
eg. 1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23
eg. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64

Monsoon season – a period of almost constant rain in Southeast Asia

Align – to put two things perfectly side by side, or to work with someone as partners in an alliance (side by side)

Symmetric – both sides of something match exactly as a mirrored picture
Asymmetric – doesn’t match perfectly on both sides

Grammar

I – have
You – have
they – have
we – have
he/she – has (usually the exception to the pattern)

They will transfer ownership of the house to me

Pronunciation

Original 

Describe how you found this apartment and the process you went through to acquire it
I began to want to buy a house in Taicang the year before last because none of my family has Shanghai Hukou (the registered permanent residence), even though I own an apartment in Shanghai. Probably my daughter would have no qualification to attend the National College Entrance Examination in Shanghai after her middle school.
Taicang is adjacent to Jiading district, Shanghai. It takes less than one hour from my apartment to its centre by driving. You can acquire Taicang Hukou if you have 2-year social insurance and a housing which construction area is not less than 70 square metre.
My wife started to pay her social insurance in Taicang with an employment broker’s help last January. I found a housing agent and start to search for houses in November.
We found a best one in April. It is a house on the first floor with a yard. Construction area of the house and the yard respectively are 123 and 60 square meter. It has three bedrooms, one living room and a bathroom. One kitchen is also have. There is a camphor tree and some bamboos in the yard. Parking a car is very easy in the courtyard. All of us were very satisfied with the apartment.
We visited a bank two weeks after I made the down payment to the homeowner. I would get a mortgage in a couple of weeks. After that, I will get the ownership of the house from the homeowner. So, let’s just wait now.

Edited 

Describe how you found this apartment and the process you went through to acquire it
I began to want to buy a house in Taicang the year before last because none of my family has a Shanghai Hukou (the registered permanent residence), even though I own an apartment in Shanghai. Probably my daughter would have not qualify qualification to attend the National College Entrance Examination in Shanghai after her middle school.
Taicang is adjacent to Jiading district, Shanghai. It takes less than one hour from my apartment to Taicang city centre by driving. You can acquire Taicang Hukou if you have paid for 2-years of social insurance and a house which has a constructed area that is not less than 70 square meters.
My wife started to pay her social insurance in Taicang with an employment broker’s help last January. I found a housing/property/real estate agent and started to search for houses in November.
We found the best one in April. It is a house on the first floor with a yard. The Constructed area of the house and the yard respectively are 123 and 60 square meters. It has three bedrooms, one living room and a bathroom. One kitchen is also have It also has a kitchen. There is a camphor tree and some bamboo in the yard. Parking a car is very easy in the courtyard. All of us were very satisfied with the apartment.
We visited a bank two weeks after I made the down payment to the homeowner. I would will get a mortgage in a couple of weeks. After that, I will get the ownership of the house from the homeowner. So, let’s just wait now.