F2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

The Joneses (2010) 模范家庭

I think not every problem can be solved by consumerism
1 year ago a beauty brand made a slogan like if you are not feeling happy you should buy a lipstick for yourself it will make you happier.
Many people pretending they have a good life on social media, that is definitely increased customers.

My hometown extracts oil and everyone comes from different cities to work in factories so everyone speaks mandarin.

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I think not every problem can be solved by consumerism.
1 year ago a beauty brand made a slogan like if you are not feeling happy you should buy a lipstick for yourself it will make you happier.
Many people pretend  / are pretending to have a good life on social media, that has definitely increased customers / it pushes people to buy to show off.

My hometown extracts oil and everyone comes from different cities to work in factories so everyone speaks mandarin.

I want to talk about my favorite English podcast, named HOW DID I GET HERE, produced by DIVE studios, a podcast production studio from South Korea / a South Korean podcast studio. The host is Jea, a man who grew up in LA, now he is a musician in a K-pop band/group.

The show’s concept is: we live our best lives on the internet and come out the other side knowing more but not feeling all that much smarter. Every episode will discuss / have a discussion on one question, for example: “Mandela effect”, “Do video games make you smarter?”, “why should I sleep?” and so on.

This time, I want to pick this topic: what are the benefits of bilingualism / being bilingual.

For Jea, the first point is: he believes being bilingual is good for your brain to activate at old age / it keeps your brain healthy / it prevents your brand from decaying , because as soon your brain starts to decay  your body will start giving up / to have problems. The second point is bilingualism helps children develop better social skills.

And because  I didn’t  grow up with bilingualism / I didn’t grow up bilingual, so I’m really curious about what’s the feeling of being bilingual? For me, I have been learning English a few months, I feel when I was speaking, I couldn’t  think in Chinese and English at the same time.

Vocabulary

influence (n)effect on something
Social media influences our buying decisions

status (n) position / 地位
some people feel that if they have luxury brands it increases their status / it gives them status

fluent (adj) 流利的
He is fluent in Chinese

fluently (adv)
he speaks Korean fluently

spam (n) junk message
The email was put in the spam folder

to decay (v) become worse / lose strength
My teeth started to decay

to discuss (v)
We discussed on the phone

discussion (n)
I had a discussion with Tom

Grammar

help someone (to) do something
I helped her to finish the website
I helped them design the logo

think in a language / speak in a language
I wrote an email in English.
She spoke in Chinese during the event.