Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I always stay at home in February and march and we need to go to the office 2 or 3 days per week.
We are normal / we went back to normal in May.

Sometimes I really like working from home because when I work at office I need to take subway 1h but when I work at home I just wake up and work but the disadvantage is I felt I worked the whole day.
Before I worked for 8h but in February I always pick up calls at night because they didn’t need to go to the office, they work the whole day.
And the efficiency is very low,
It is very convenient because I don’t need think today I wear what.

Sometimes I want free and I wanted to go outside to eat food. and during this time at the beginning go the coronavirus I felt very scared because I have a coworker and he went to Wuhan when the virus broke out and then he came back to Shanghai and we just knew he came back but not who he met.

I wanted to eat many kinds of specialties  but the virus broke out and we couldn’t go out  and we stayed at home every day.
in my hometown there are 0 cases but we were very careful and the government was very strict

maybe I don’t need too nervous but on the plane we never remove our mask
When I got back to the office in March didn’t dare to remove my mask

maybe they don’t take the virus seriously . but on the news many other countries people didn’t wear the masks I don’t know why but maybe it is because there is a reason they thought if they wear the masks it will scare other people.

my BF lived in Germany before and now his brother is still in Germany and if he wears the mask to go to the office his coworkers will feel uncomfortable so although he wanted to wear it he couldn’t.

In China people didn’t like wear the mask and in Japan some people always wear a mask it became a fashion / a trend / a styleï¼ they wear a mask because they are allergic to pollen

Because in Japan some people


I always stayed at home in February and March and we needed to go to the office 2 or 3 days per week.
We are normal / we went back to normal in May.

Sometimes I really like working from home because when I work at the office I need to take the subway 1h / it takes me 1h to go to the office
but when I work at home I just wake up and work but the disadvantage is I felt I worked the whole day.  / I can save time when I work at home

Before I worked for 8h but in February I had to pick up calls at night because we all worked the whole day.
And the efficiency was very low,
It was  very convenient because I don’t need think about what to wear 

Sometimes I wanted to be free / I wanted freedom and I wanted to go outside to eat food. and during this time at the beginning of the coronavirus I felt very scared because I have a coworker who went to Wuhan when the virus broke out and then he came back to Shanghai.

I wanted to eat many kinds of specialties  but the virus broke out and we couldn’t go out  and we stayed at home every day.
in my hometown there were 0 cases but we were very careful and the government was very strict

maybe I didn’t  need to be  nervous but on the plane we never removed our mask
When I got back to the office in March didn’t dare to remove my mask

maybe they don’t take the virus seriously . but on the news many other countries people didn’t wear the masks I don’t know why but maybe it is because there is a reason they thought if they wear the masks it will scare other people. / they are worried that people think they are sick if they wear a mask

my BF lived in Germany before and now his brother is still in Germany and if he wears a mask to go to the office his coworkers will feel uncomfortable so although he wanted to wear it he couldn’t.

In China people didn’t like to  wear the mask and in Japan some people always wear a mask and it became a trend / a styleï¼ they wear a mask because they are allergic to pollen

Vocabulary

trend (n): movement/ movement in fashion
Wearing sunglasses is a trend in Sanya

to remove: take away / take off
he removed his glasses

to take off : (f0r clothes)
He took off his jacket

specialty (n): 特色
There are many food specialties in Xinjiang

subtitle (n) text under a video
I watched an English movie with subtitles

catkins (n)  柳絮
Catkins were flying in the air

helmet 头盔
I wear a helmet when I ride a bike

allergic  (adj): 过æ•
I am allergic to seafood

allergy (n)
I have an allergy to pollen

pollen : what is usually in the middle of a flower
the bee collects the pollen

to dare : have the courage to do something
I don’t dare to speak to my boss when he is angry

strict (adj) 严格
My boss is very strict

to sweat: 😓   when water gets out of the skin
I sweat a lot in summer

efficiency n效率
Our efficiency was low

efficient (adj)
We were not efficient

disadvantage (n)something bad about a situation
One disadvantage of working from home is that our efficiency is low

advantage (n) : something good about a situation
We can meet our colleagues when we work in the office, this is an advantage.

pajamas ç¡è¡£
I wear pajamas when I am at home