F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

we just have 2 members, I and my boss.
In June 5, we have a new joining us.
I think it could be better.
we start the employee in last October and it takes 8 months.
Maybe the virus has some effect on it.
It’s ok but I always have some improving mind , there are some grammar faults.
I have some mind to improve myself, exercise my body or improve my English or reading some books

I have lots of plans but I am not disciplined enough
In that time my family spent decreased because before we always have lunch or dinner in restaurants each week end but in that period we just cooked in our home so we save a lot of money

we always bought some things that actually we didn’t need it. In that period since the delivery was limited if I want to buy something but delivery was limited I didn’t buy it.

the situation became deadly in march.
Before the end of January and February Chinese situation looks bad.

I think the face masks is very useful for the virus, this is very important and all of the people would like to wear a facemask and in the heaviest day (February ) all of us stay at home and we didn’t need get to the office. it is good solution for controlling the virus.
but there must be some mind difference in Chinese and Americans because Americans wouldn’t like wear mask.

each day we just need work 3h in the office.
I ride bicycle it needs take maybe 40 mins.
not so far maybe 5km. It is ok but we have a lot of colleagues live far from company and maybe they chose drive their car or the early time to take the subway because there is less people.
last week I went to see a dentist, his hospital was in Hongqiao station. Before I am not thinking so much but when I get here there were too many people so I fix my face mask because I thought it is too dangerous.

cross the border

we just have 2 members in the team, my boss and I
on June 5, we have a new employee joining us.
I think it could be better.
we start to look for a new  employee in last October and it took 8 months. / we started headhunting
Maybe the virus had some effect on it.

It’s ok but I always think about improving myself / I care a lot about self improvement/self development

for example exercise my body or improve my English or read some books
I have lots of plans but I am not disciplined enough

at that time/back then my family spent less / our spendings decreased because

before we always had lunch or dinner in restaurants each week end/ before we ate out each week end but in that period we just cooked in our home so we saved a lot of money

we always bought some things that actually we didn’t need. at that time since the delivery services were limited I bought less things (than before).

the situation became deadly in march.
Before the end of January and February the Chinese situation looked bad.

I think the face masks are very useful against the virus, this is very important and all of the people would like to wear a facemask and in the heaviest day / at the peak of the epidemic (February ) all of us stayed at home and we didn’t need to go to the office. it is a good solution for controlling the virus.
but there must be a difference in the mindset Chinese and Americans because Americans wouldn’t like wear mask.

each day we just needed work 3h in the office.
I rode a bicycle it took maybe 40 mins.
It is ok but we have a lot of colleagues live far from the company and maybe they chose to drive  or take the subway  very early because there are less people.
Last week I went to see a dentist, his hospital was around/close to Hongqiao station. Before I didn’t think so much about it but when I got here there were too many people so I fix my face mask / so I held my mask tightly  because I thought it is too dangerous.

Some Russians cross the border in the North East of China 

Vocabulary

tight (adj) 紧的
He has a tight handshake

tightly(adv)

mindset (n) : way people think
we didn’t choose Tom because he didn’t have a good mindset

motivation (n) 动机
I don’t have enough motivation to go to the gym

to motivate(v)
They give us a bonus to motivate us to work hard

peak (n) : top (of a mountain)
we reached the peak of the mountain.
Everyone stayed home at the peak of the epidemic

refund (v/n) : to get money back
I cancelled the order and asked for a refund

accent (n) 口音
he doesn’t have a strong accent

headhunter (n) 猎头公司
We asked a headhunter to help us find a new employee

border (n) : limit between countries
This is the border between China and Vietnam

dentist (n) : teeth doctor
I hate going to the dentist

e-bike 电动车
he bought an e-bike for 1,200

train station 火车站
I went to hongqiao train station

to retire 退休
In China women retire at 55.

to eat out : eat in a restaurant
Usually we eat out in the week end

delivery (n) 快递
I received a delivery this morning
Tom is a delivery man

disciplined (adj) 纪律, ability to do what you decided to do
I decided to lose weight and went to the gym for 1 week but I wasn’t disciplined enough and stopped after that.

discipline (n)
Soldiers need discipline they must follow orders

to exercise 运动
I like to exercise in the week end.

to save : keep for later
He saves money every month

Grammar

Directions
first say north / south and then east/west
South East Asia  东南亚
It is in the North West of China

talk about others before talking about you (more polite )
my boss and I are both working hard

Often you just say the verb without the object
I always drive my car -> I always drive