Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Corona virus and the stock market

I’m in Hubei province now, It is my wife’s hometown so the virus here is more terrible than other provinces. ->
The government forbidden us to go outside.
We have never been experienced this. In 2003 there is also SARS in China but I am not in Beijing at that time. Beijing is the most terrible at that time -> Beijing was the most affected

at that time I can go around, I was not forbidden by the government to go outside or to playing with my friends but right now Hubei province is like Beijing at that time.

Wuhan is worse than reported. I have many Wuhan friends, actually I was graduated in Wuhan University. Some friends told me the facts what was happening in Wuhan, many people cant get treatment because the lackey of nurses and doctors. I heard that the death rate of the virus is much higher than it is reported.
It cant be tested if they are affected by virus.

I cant get back to Beijing, just wait till the situation gets better and the forbidden measure will stop and my family can go back to Beijing .

Usually they would have been to kindergarten right now but they have to stay in home.

on Monday the market is going down but since Tuesday the market is very bull, many stock prices have reached the highest point of the last 12 months.
I didn’t think this situation as well. I guess there are some reasons. First the government has take measures to help the stock recover and secondly although some companies are negatively effected but some other companies are benefited such as online gaming or short video companies because people stay at home for longer time than before so they have consume more on game apps or online video apps so the online game companies can generate more profit this quarter so their stock price goes higher.
It is kind of reasonable but to be honest I didn’t think the market would be so strong. I don’t know wether the government has put money on the stock market to make it stable but in Monday this week the stock index has decreased by 8%. It is the largest decreasing rate historically. And more than 2000 stocks decreased by 10% that is the maximum limitation. The situation that day is very scary but the market get recovered very quickly. Maybe people are very confident of the country will fighting against the virus.

I’m in the Hubei province now, It is my wife’s hometown so the virus here is more widespread than other provinces. / We are more affected than other provinces. / the situate is worse than in other provinces.
The government forbids us to go outside./ forbids us from going outside / doesn’t let/allow us to go out
We have never experienced this. In 2003 there was also SARS in China but I was not in Beijing at that time. Beijing is the most terrible at that time -> Beijing was the most affected
At that time I could go around, I was not forbidden by the government to go outside / the government allowed us to go outside  or to meet my friends but right now Hubei province is like Beijing at that time.

Wuhan is worse than reported. I have many Wuhan friends, actually I graduated from Wuhan University.
Some friends told me the facts, what was happening in Wuhan, many people can’t get treatment because of the lack of nurses and doctors. I heard that the death rate of the virus is much higher than it is reported.
It can’t be tested if they are affected by the virus./ the test is not very accurate

I can’t get back to Beijing because the city is quarantined,  so I just wait until the situation gets better and the quarantine measure stop/are lifted and my family can go back to Beijing .

Usually they would be  kindergarten right now but they have to stay at home.

on Monday the market went down but since Tuesday the market is very bull, many stock prices have reached the highest point/peak of/in the last 12 months.
I didn’t think this situation would happen as well. / I never imagined this situation.
I guess there are some reasons. First the government has taken measures to help the stock recover and secondly although some companies are negatively affected other companies benefit such as online gaming or short video companies /the virtual economy benefited from the situation/ because people stay at home for longer time than before so they have to consume more on game apps or online video apps so the online game companies can generate more profit this quarter and as a result their stock price goes higher.
It is kind of reasonable but to be honest I didn’t think the market would be so strong. I don’t know wether the government has put money on the stock market/has injected money to make it stable/ to stabilize it but on Monday this week the stock index decreased by 8%. It is the largest decreasing rate /the largest drop historically. And more than 2000 stocks decreased by 10% that is the maximum limitation. The situation that day was very scary but the market recovered very quickly. Maybe people are very confident that the country will be fighting against the virus.

Vocabulary

to stabilize (v) : to make something stable
The government injected money to stabilize the market.

incubation (n) : time during which a disease develops until you get symptoms
The incubation time for the virus is from  5 to 14 days

to incubate (v): keep something at a good temperature for it to develop
We incubated the bacteria in a lab for a study.

incubator (n) : machine providing a protective environment
The baby was put in an incubator

Quarantine (n/v) isolation / stop movement in and out.
Some people are asked to stay in quarantine for observation.
The government decided to quarantine Wuhan.

lack (n/v) : not having / missing something
There is a lack of doctors.
We lack doctors.

Pronunciation

tragedy

Grammar