VIP Class Notes (George) [S / W]

Write a short piece about a feminist issue in China or elsewhere.

Vocabulary

Stereotype- Fitting people into a set category.

e.g. Stereotypes exist but it’s important not to follow them too much.

Feminists- People who fight for women’s rights.

e.g. Many feminists today are demanding equal pay and benefits.

rank-and-file- When you stand in two lines, one behind the other, like soldiers do in the army. It also means common people.

e.g. If a fire happens, they will tell you to get into rank and file and exit the building calmly.

Trending- Something that is very current right now.

e.g. Fan Bin Bin was the most trending word on the Chinese internet last month.

White Privilege-  Opportunities and  benefits that white people have had.

e.g. Most people don’t want to admit they have white privilege.

Original

The story is about a girl, when she is a little girl she always want to surf on the sea but her parents didn’t let her go. When she grow up, she find herself want to find something interesting in the sea and she also want to help her people to conquer some difficulties so she go out of the island to find men who name is Maui, he is half god half people, he stealed the heart from a goddess and the goddess became angry. She let the island become a desert, the girl helped the Maui to find the goddess and give back the heart to her. And the goddess find her life again and give the food and life back to the island.

Corrected

The story is about a girl, when she was a little girl she always wanted to surf on the sea but her parents didn’t let her go. When she grew up, she found herself wanting to find something interesting in the sea and she also wanted to help her people conquer some difficulties so she went out of the island to find a man whose name is Maui, he is a half god , he stole the heart from a goddess and the goddess became angry. She let the island become a desert, the girl helped Maui to find the goddess and give back the heart to her. And the goddess found her life again and gave food and life back to the island.

Original

I saw a film which is called Moana last night. The movie is produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released in 2016. Disney movie always gives you surprise since the heroine is not a traditional style character. The girl whose name is Moana is daughter of an island chief. Not like a tender and delicate princess, she is a girl having the courage, brave and independent personality. The girl knows what kind of person she want to become. As the one who is chosen by sea goodness, she encourage other people to become themselves like her.

I think being yourself is a very important thing in one’s life. But it is not easy for everyone to achieve it. Especially for an adult, you have to face the pressure others give you or situation you cannot image. Take myself for example, even I do not like the current job in which I cannot make my own decision in most cases, I have to do the work before I find another one. I should face the situation that if I give up the current job, I cannot earn money, which will give my family more pressure. However, I do need to find a method to let me relax and find myself. I can leave myself alone and do something which I interested in. Because a job never can steal passion of life from me.

Corrected

I saw a film  called Moana last night. The movie is produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and was released in 2016. Disney movies always surprise you since the heroine is not a traditional style character. The girl whose name is Moana is the daughter of an island chief. Not like a tender and delicate princess, she is a girl who has courage, and a brave and independent personality. The girl knows what kind of person she wants to become. As the one who was chosen by the sea goddess, she encouraged other people to become who they want to be, just like she did.

I think being yourself is a very important thing in one’s life. But it is not easy for everyone to achieve it. Especially for an adult, you have to face the pressure others give you or  certain situations you cannot imagine. Take myself for example, even I do not like the current job in which I cannot make my own decision in most cases, I have to do the work before I find another one. I should face the situation that if I give up my current job, I cannot earn money, which will give my family more pressure. However, I do need to find a method to let me relax and find myself. I can leave myself alone and do something which I am interested in because a job can never steal my passion for  life.