Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

stand for
eg. I can’t stand for Nemo not doing his homework = I can’t accept it

stand
eg. I can’t stand the weather in Shanghai = I hate it

I stand for good – I support and try to represent good

first things first – the first thing that should get done is the most important

at first – first do sth and then change

as time goes by = with the passing of time

hang it up – give up / stop / retire

extravagant – really expensive, high level, a lot of things
eg. I went to a really extravagant wedding

the main breadwinner – person who earns money in the family

the camel came to see (C) the doctor

lottery
eg. I entered a lottery to get my licence plate for my car

admire / look up to you

she’s a talker – sb who loves talking

silicon valley

government benefits – money from the government if you don’t have a job

Writing exercise

When he was waiting his admission information he also earned a lot of money.
At that time, China started opening stock market and if you wanted to buy some stock you should buy the purchase certification first. It was the most fastest way to earn money at that time because you just needed to buy these paper and resell them at a profit. (30 rmb certification can resell the highewst 10000rmb).
He missed the first open saleing time in shanghai but when he knew Shenzhen would open saleing again he called his brother and his friends for help. Then he took a train to shenzhen from shanghai and his brother brought 3000rmb(huge amount)to shenzhen from hunan. The barrier was still in front of him because there was a buying policy of the stock purchasing. Every ID was allowed to buy only few certifications and then he hired some local 农民工s to lined up and bought the certification for him. He had already aligned the reward with these 农民工 in first place but after these 农名工 recognized that purchase the certifications can earned a lot of money they threated her husband that if you didn’t give us more money we would leave now. He agreeed all these unreasonable requests because he knew the profit was more than this.
It was the first income(人生第一桶金 i want to say)of his life and he used these money to buy a television and VCR in his sushe,invited schoolmates to his room to watch TV together. This was why he always has good relationship with others,he liked to share his good and enjoy his life.

When he was waiting for his admission information he also earned a lot of money.
At that time, China started opening a stock market and if you wanted to buy some stock you needed to buy the purchase certification first. It was the fastest way to earn money at that time / back then because you just needed to buy these pieces of paper and resell them at a profit. (30 rmb certification can resell for 10,000 rmb at the most).
He missed the first open sales time in shanghai but when he knew Shenzhen would open sales again he called his brother and his friends for help. Then he took a train to shenzhen from shanghai and his brother brought 3000 rmb(huge amount)to shenzhen from hunan. The barrier was still in front of him because there was a buying policy of the stock certification purchasing. Every ID was allowed to buy only few certifications and then he hired some local migrant workers to line up and buy the certification for him. He had already aligned the reward with these migrant workers in first place but after these migrant workers recognized that purchase the certifications can earned a lot of money they threatened her husband that if you didn’t give us more money we would leave now. He agreed all these unreasonable requests because he knew the profit was more than this.
It was the first income(人生第一桶金 i want to say)/ real money / big money of his life and he used these money to buy a television and VCR in his dormitory, and invited schoolmates to his room to watch TV together. This was why he always has good relationship with others,he liked to share his good and enjoy his life.