F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Explain Mah Jong (Shanghainese rules) , How to play & how to win?

When I was a young girl I played this kind of game with my neighbor she is same age as me at that time we could play this game the whole afternoon.
At that time I think that is funny but now I think Soso.
Now in my age the most important is what kind of people play the game with you. No matter what kind of game.
you move it as the number you rolled so when your token arrive one place I think you should pay the money to buy a street in advance. The next round when you arrive at the same place you can buy a property . When your competitors token arrive at your place they have to pay a rent. and when we need to stop we count how much money we have earned and the winner is the richest player.
I think in America when the young people grows to 18 yo they should leave their parents.
But in China this kind of thing is not very common. Actually in my age I prefer to live with my parents because I think they can help me to do something.
They can help me to prepare the dinner when I go back to home and to clean the room. But I think it’s not a good thing.
It’s a Chinese idea. If parents can help you to do that why you should ask someone else to do it. But I think the most of young people in US they should very independent but Chinese people is totally different.

When I was a young girl I played this kind of game with my neighbor she was the same age as me at that time we could play this game the whole afternoon.
At that time I thought that was funny but now not so much.
Now at my age, no matter the game, the most important is what kind of people play it with you.
You move your token according to the number you roll so when your token arrives one place I think you should to buy a street in advance. The next round when you arrive at the same place you can buy a property . When your competitors token arrive at your place they have to pay a rent. and when we need to stop we count how much money we have earned and the winner is the richest player.
I think in America when young people get to 18 yo they should leave their parents.
But in China this kind of thing is not very common. Actually at my age I prefer to live with my parents because I think they can help me to do things.
They can help me to prepare dinner when I go back home and to clean the room. But I think it’s not a good thing.
It’s a Chinese idea. If parents can help you to do that why should you ask someone else to do it? But I think most young people in the US should be very independent but Chinese people are totally different.

Vocabulary

token / a small thing representing something

He inserted a token in the machine and then started to play the game

Chinese chess / 象棋

He played a game of Chinese chess with his friends

dice / A cube with number on each sides

He rolled the dice and got a 5.

Monopoly / a situation where you do not have a competitor

Baidu almost has a monopoly on the search market in China.

real estate / house / property

Tom is a real estate agent.