Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Summarizing method FACT

I was in a very serious area of this disease so when I am back I need to have a 14 day quarantine and then I can back to work and the work is rotated. Maybe today they will have a rotating schedule.
They had a case in Hongqiao yesterday. and south Shanxi road had another case.

I was in an area very affected by this disease/ in which the disease is widely spread.
so when I am back I need to have a 14 day quarantine / self quarantine and then I can get back to work and the work is rotated / we have work rotations / we implement work rations. Maybe they will have a rotating schedule.
They had a case in Hongqiao yesterday / discovered a case. and another case on south Shanxi road.

Vocabulary

to celebrate : 过
We don’t really celebrate Christmas in China/

quarantine (n/v)
The government decide to quarantine the city
He will be in quarantine for 14 days.

saying : 成语
There are many old Chinese saying.

slang : dialect / way of speaking in a specific place.
I don’t understand the London slang

Summarizing method FACT:

step 1
The article explains how containers revolutionized the shipping industry

Step 2

Who: Malcom Mclean
What : The invention of the container
When : In the second half of the 19th century
Where: In America
Why: For better efficiency
How : By combining different products together

Malcom Mclean wanted better shipping efficiency and he made that possible by combining different products in one container in the second half of the 19th century in America.

step 3
It led to job transfer and more globalization

step 4
The article explains how containers revolutionized the shipping industry
Malcom Mclean increased shipping efficiency by combining various products in one container in the second half of the 19th century in America.
It led to job transfer and more globalization