Online Class Notes (Ally)[S/R]

Make 1 sentence each from the new vocabulary.

Vocabulary

in decline: 正在下降（的状态）
ie. The reported number of cases are in decline.

severe: 恶劣的 十分严重的

afield: away 远处

sympathy/sympathetic: 同情心 （use for someone you’re feeling sorry for/someone in a bad situation）

empathy/empathetic: 同感/共鸣  (don’t need an object)

charged up: excited

relish：享受，从…获得乐趣

proliferation：激增 涌现

The situation is Wenzhou is more seriously than in SH.
The situation is Wenzhou is more serious/worse/severe than （that） in SH.

Ideologically, my parents think girls is better to have babies before 30.
My parents think that ideologically, girls should have/are better to have babies before they’re 30/the age of 30.
My parents’ ideology is that girls should have babies before they’re 30.

It will take a toll to stay at home for a long time, which will make you fatter when you don’t work a lot and don’t do a lot of exercises.
Staying at home for a long time will take a toll on all of us, because it makes you fatter when you don’t work a lot or do a lot of exercises.

Grammar

raise vs rise
ie. My father raised me up with his arm. I rose up. <—

and vs or
ie. I don’t like strawberries or milk. -> I don’t like strawberries. I don’t like milk.
ie. I don’t like strawberries and milk. -> I don’t like strawberries and milk together.

Millions of people have been working from home across China and further afield, as the government introduces more measures to contain the deadly virus.

Many are enjoying the opportunity to spend time with their families or catch up with old friends online, and some are finding it a more productive way of working.

Shanghai-based Henry Chang is a big fan of working from home and is using video conferencing tools such as Zoom and Google Meet to collaborate with his colleagues in the UK.

“It’s quite good actually,” says the China market manager for language learning site Lingumi. “Without colleagues to chat around, you actually spend more time concentrating on work if you clearly know what needs to be done.

His colleague Fan Yi is also enjoying working from home in the city, but has sympathy for those not so fortunate.

“I worry more about people who are impacted by this virus, especially people in Wuhan, after I read the news. I feel lucky to just be stuck indoors, compared to their panic and things they’re suffering,” she says.

Work-life balance

Rajashree Basu, who works at a language school in Wuxi, about 135km from Shanghai, struggled at first with the lack of contact with her students. But she too has turned to video conferencing tools and says they work well.

“Initially it was challenging, but now as time goes on, everyone is getting charged up as they see the digital platforms work and provide similar results to face-to-face classrooms.

“Sometimes I feel I’m able to get more done in this mode and give more support to students and teachers.”

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Ms Basu is currently stuck in her home city of Kolkata, India, after returning during the Chinese New Year break. Her major issues have been internet usage, connectivity and working out time differences when calling colleagues.

“Setting a work-life balance while working from home sometimes is challenging as well,” she adds.

Chinese officials have told schools not to re-open until at least March, although Ms Basu fears “it might take another extra month or so”.

Alvin Foo is working from his apartment in Shanghai and relishes the freedom it gives him.

“Almost anything can be done remotely, the issue is really on the effectiveness,” says the managing director of advertising agency IPG Mediabrands Reprise.

Technology is playing a major role in helping him connect with his team so they can still hold meetings remotely.

“The positive thing about this working from home experiment is that it will help us to collaborate better and develop future strategies to work from anywhere for the company,” he says.

“With the proliferation of faster internet through 5G, it will game-change the future of work.”

Another positive he sees from working from home is being able to spend quality time with loved ones.

“Besides my family, I keep myself busy with reading and reaching out to old friends that I haven’t been in touch with for years.

“The extra time has definitely created an opportunity for families to be closer together and to catch up on lost time.”