Online Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

I spent most of time at home. Within the spring festival holiday my daughter lived with my in laws so they came to Shanghai and I took my daughter to disney world. we bought the 2 day tickets and after that the virus happened and at that time we were on the road from SH to CQ and the night we have to spend one night in Hubei province. We just choose one city without any confirmed case then we spent 2 days in CQ then drove back to Shandong

We just thought we should be back to Shanghai or go to Shandong.

at the beginning the virus was more serious in SH.

most companies extend the holiday until the end of February.
we can work from home at that time. so I came back to

the most scared time is the time that we travel from CQ to Shandong.
you don’t know how the virus will be at that time

within that time we were scared and after the 2 weeks had past we felt we were ok.
And I got a fever but my other symptoms are ok so I was self isolated in one room.

Our company provides masks everyday if you go to office until the end of May.
Now we can buy the masks everywhere so our company will stop to provide them.

they are more likely to go out with family so for me I have to stay at home because family members live.

we are also talking about personal data. the different between China and other countries. The difference is in China everyone is likely to show their personal info but in other countries people don’t like to share information because they think privacy data so they protect by the data protection law.

Within this period we have added new processes about the compliance. Our volume is decreasing so we will focusing on the process. we try to improve the process during this period.
they will share the info about closed airports for which period and we can manage the goods.
we get many business related to ETP goods and we are talking about the price, the cost is increased.

compared with the ocean spend less time on transportation

they can use 15 minutes for one container for the ship to train. at the past they need to spend 4 days.


I spent most of time at home. Within the spring festival holiday my daughter lived with my in laws so they came to Shanghai and I took my daughter to disney world. we bought the 2 day tickets and after that we became aware of the virus and at that time we were on the road from SH to CQ and we had to spend one night in Hubei province. We just chose one city without any confirmed case/ a city which seemed safe / unaffected  then we spent 2 days in CQ then drove back to Shandong

We just wondered if we’d better go back to Shanghai or go to Shandong.

at the beginning the virus was more serious in SH. / more widely spread in Shanghai.

most companies extended  the holiday until the end of February.
we could work from home at that time so I came back to

the most scary time was when we travelled from CQ to Shandong.

We didn’t have enough info about the virus

at that time we were scared because we wondered if we had been infected and after the 2 weeks had pasted we felt we were ok.
I even got a fever but I didn’t have other symptoms  so I still was self isolated in one room (to be safe)

Our company provides masks everyday if you go to office until the end of May.
Now we can buy the masks everywhere / masks are widely available so our company will stop to provide them.

they are more likely to go out with family so for me I have to stay at home because family members live in different cities.

we talked about personal data. the difference between China and other countries.
The difference is in China everyone is likely to show their personal info but in other countries people don’t like to share information because they think privacy is important so they are protected by the data protection law.

Within this period we have added new processes about the compliance. Our volume is decreasing so we will be focusing on the process. we try to improve the process during this period. / we try to improve efficiency.

they will share the info about closed airports for which period and we can manage the goods. / they give us daily updates on ports of entry for goods
we get much business related to EPP goods and we were talking about the price, the cost increased.

transporting goods by train is faster than by sea 

It takes them only 15 mins to move one container from the ship to the train. In the past / previously it took 4 days

Vocabulary

the belt and road initiative 一带一路
China is trying to make the world more connected with the belt and road initiative

symptoms (n): noticeable effects of a disease
I don’t have any symptoms I am probable not infected

asymptomatic (adj) : not showing any symptoms
Covid 19 is dangerous because you could be asymptomatic but infected

privacy (n) : being free from being observed
People care about their privacy

private (adj)
I don’t share my private life on the internet