F2F Class Notes (Lily) [W + R]

Vocabulary

1 irrational: without reason

ex: Sometimes, people make irrational decisions when they are young.

2 trypophobia- fear of holes

claustrophobia- fear of being in a small enclosed space.

acrophobia- fear of height

3. scratch (verb): scratch someone with your fingers (nails)

scratches (noun): the wounded area

ex: Many people cannot stand the sound of scratching the blackboards.

ex: I got scratches on my knees and arms when I fell off the bike.

The consumption habits of the new Chinese generation
As the development of the society , the trend of the people’s consumption changes a lot. They prefer to have meals by app which can bring food to home or office, they also shopping a lot in internet: daily supplies、cloths、books even mobile phones, you just need tap on the phone or computer, everything will appear at the place where you need.
Besides, you’ll find the brand will not that important to them. In the past, most of Chinese people like to buy luxuries to identity their status or to manifest their rich. but nowadays, the quality or the style will become the most important thing for the new generation to decide whether buy it, and they don’t like the things as the same as the most people chasing, they like the things just suit them and it will be better if it is unusual.
So, I think the new Chinese generation’s consumption will more focus on the consumers themselves, and more focus on the products themselves.

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The consumption habits of the new Chinese generation
As the society develops , the trend of the people’s consumption changes a lot. They prefer to order meals by app which can bring food to home or office, they also shopping a lot online: daily supplies、clothes、books even mobile phones, you just need tap on the phone or computer, everything will be delivered to whereever you want.
Besides, you’ll find the brands are irrelevant.  In the past, most of Chinese people like to buy luxuries to show their status and family background. But nowadays, the quality or the design is becoming the most important thing for the new generation to decide whether buy it, and they don’t follow the trend, they like the things that suit them and even better if they are unique.
So, I think the new Chinese generation’s consumption will more focus on the consumers themselves, and more importantly, the consumption habit will depends on the products themselves/ quality of the product. 

https://english-magazine.org/english-reading/learn-language-articles

We can be frightened for all kinds of reasons; some are logical, such as a fear of snakes which might bite you, but people can be frightened of all sorts of  things, many of them harmless: clowns, butterflies, clocks, moonlight. We call them phobias, and there are long lists of these phobias, most of them seemingly totally irrational.  However, not all fears can be classed as phobias, and we have lots of different words to describe fear, and even ways to describe the people who experience these feelings.

Thanks to the wonders of Facebook I have recently linked up with a friend I used to play with when I was about eight years old. The phrase ‘scaredy cat’ was often used as a playground jibe when I was very young. Bigger and older children might dare someone to do something  – such as climbing up on the bicycle shed and then jumping off into the coke pile – a really foolish thing to do as you would probably end up covered with coal dust and many scratches, and at worst you could break a leg.  So the sensible thing to do was to take no notice of such jibes, but not everyone felt able to stand up to the teasing.