F2F Class Notes (Lily) [W]

Vocabulary

used up= 花光

ex: I used up all my allowance in two days.

save up (money): keep the money for future use

ex: I want to save up my money for a new computer

master degree= 研究生学历

ex: He wishes to pursue his master degree in Beijing.

undergraduate –> graduate (master) —> doctor

Grammar

I like to eat pizza vs. I eat like a monkey.

I don’t like him vs. I’m not like him.

anything 任何东西 vs everything所有东西

ex: I don’t like to eat anything.  I don’t like anything about you.

ex: I have to adapt to everything in this new city.

It is not easy to find a place to settle down. I got a business trip in Chengdu from Thursday to Friday. I got overtime for my work to set-up my new window display. I finished work and to met my friend, he is from my hometown. Two months ago he was living and working in Shanghai. Last time we met in Shanghai, he told me “it’s too expensive to buy an apartment in  Shanghai, I cannot buy it for myself, even though my parents will help me. I don’t want to cost their old-age pensions and saving money”. I understood him and thought it neither, we both knew it’s not easy to settle in Shanghai. This is realizes society, do you have another plan” I asked him. He thought a moment and told me ” I decided to Chengdu two days ago and already got offer in a internet company. I heard that apartment are cheaper than Shanghai and easy to settle down too.”

Actually it is always not easy to find new cities to settle for outlander. I met him this time who told me ” I get new plan for work and city to live, I am unsuitable for living and working here. I don’t like to eat spicy foods and coworkers are not like me”. “Maybe you need more time to accommodate anything, it’s doesn’t matter where you live and will have some same things happen.” I said. I knew he already knew all of them. He plans to go to Beijing next month and will get his postgraduate. I hope he will get anything he want.

revised:

It wasn’t easy to find a place to settle down. I had a business trip in Chengdu from Thursday to Friday.  I had to work extra hours to set-up my new window display. I finished work and to met my friend, he is from my hometown. Two months ago he was living and working in Shanghai. Last time we met in Shanghai, he told me “it’s too expensive to buy an apartment in  Shanghai, I cannot buy it for myself, even though my parents will help me. I don’t want to use up their retirement pensions, I want to save it up for them.” I understood him and thought it too/ as well.  we both knew it’s not easy to settle in Shanghai. “In the reality world, do you have another plan ?” I asked him. He thought about it for a moment and told me ” I decided to go to Chengdu two days ago and  had already gotten an offer for an internet company. I heard that apartments are cheaper than Shanghai and it’s easier to settle down too.”

Actually it is always difficult to find new cities to settle down as an outlander.He told me this time that ” I have new plans for working and a new city in mind, I don’t fit in here. I don’t like to eat spicy foods and coworkers do not like me”. “Maybe you need more time to accommodate to everything ,it doesn’t matter where you live, you will always have/ come across the same problems..” I said.