Online Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

I have just went to Chengdu last week.
I stayed in CD for more than 6 days. It is very busy business trip. I think maybe once or twice one year.
People are very friendly

maybe he is crazy.
In China most people do not believe in religion.  My boss is christian.

I didn’t think about this question. Chinese people, especially the young Chinese people do not talk about that.
Chinese culture we usually don’t talk about death because maybe we think if you talk about death you maybe have something bad.

I think last year there was a big cyclone. I stayed at home that day and I didn’t go out. Because I know there is a big cyclone.
If there is going to be raining, I will cancel my trip

I haven’t seen kangaroos before. I only see the pictures.

I think he will gain the candidate. The selection. I think he will stay the president. Because I think he did very well in his presidential period. For example he made a trade war with China. I think he has gained some success.

When I was a child a child there is a big flooding in China. in the the Changing river area, there were many rains, more than one month raining. I was just a child and I stayed at my home. I cannot play with my friends. I saw the pictures in the tv, the flood was really dangerous.

The botanical garden in HZ is around the mountain, it is a very big one, there are many flowers and trees.
it is near to the west lake.
My parents are farmers and when I was a child, my father used to took me to grow the vegetables rice.
it is very hard and tiring.

I just went to Chengdu last week.
I stayed in CD for more than 6 days. It was a very busy business trip. I think I go to Chengdu maybe once or twice a year/per year.
People are very friendly

maybe he is crazy/ he lost his mind / he is out of his mind.
In China most people do not believe in religion/ most people are not religious.  My boss is christian.

I didn’t think much about this question. Chinese people, especially young Chinese people do not talk about that.
In Chinese culture we usually don’t talk about death because we think it could bring bad luck.

I think last year there was a big cyclone. I stayed at home that day and I didn’t go out. Because I knew there was a big cyclone.
If it is going to rain, I will cancel my trip

I haven’t seen kangaroos before. I only saw them in pictures.

I think he will be the candidate/ he will win the selection and be the republican candidate. I think he will stay president/in office. Because I think he did very well in his presidential period/mandate. For example he started a trade war with China. I think he has gained some successes.

When I was a child there was a big flood in China. in the Changjiang river area, it rained for more than one month/ it kept raining for more than one month. I was just a child and I stayed at my home. I couldn’t play with my friends. I saw the pictures on tv, the flood was really dangerous.

The botanical garden in HZ is around the mountain, it is a very big one, there are many flowers and trees / there are many varieties of flowers and trees.
it is near the west lake.
My parents are farmers and when I was a child, my father used to teach me how to grow vegetables and rice.
it is very hard and tiring.

Vocabulary

mosque : like a church for muslim people
I visited a mosque when I went to Indonesia.

white extremist: someone who believes in the superiority white people, a racist person
A white extremist started shooting at muslims praying in a mosque in New Zealand.

to lose one’s mind : to go crazy
he lost his mind and started shooting people.

to bury: to put someone/something in the ground
John was buried on Friday but I was away and I couldn’t attend his funeral.

to cremate : to burn to ashes
John’s body was cremated on Friday.

to be stuck : to be blocked / unable to move
I was stuck at the airport for 4 hours because it rained too hard for planes to take off.
I was stuck at level 5 of this game for 2 weeks because it was so difficult to kill the boss.

mandate : an official order to do something
When a president is elected he has 4 year mandate.

Cyclone : very strong winds
A cyclone will reach Shanghai tomorrow. people should stay home to avoid danger

to cancel : to stop one arrangement
I decided to cancel my trip when I heard about the cyclone.

cub: baby bear
The polar bear was walking with a 3month old cub.

town hall : building in which stays the political instances of a city
The Mayer of the city works at the town hall.

to moderate: to make sure something goes smoothly (usually an event)
There was a debate between Clinton and Trump moderated by Mr. John Smith.

flood: sudden rise of the level of water
There was a flood in Nebraska and many houses ended up under water.

to navigate : to drive a boat / to decide on a road
I used the navigation system in the car to help find the way to the office.

botanical garden: a garden with a wide variety of flowers and plants / like a zoo for plants and flowers
There is a botanical garden in Minhang district.