VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

My parents usually spend with me on weekend and living with my brother’s family on workdays. They need to take care of my nephew to go to the kindergarten when the couple’s of them go to work. At before my mom has taken care of my daughter 15 years from her birth until last year she left the China to abroad.I noticed that the generation of them generally still take lots of time to look after the new generation after they retired. The main reason that the couple of both need to go out for bread,at the same time it is the last one thing that the old generation can do. I am really appreciate for my parent’s helping which made me working less worry about houseworks and child.,But I also hope that they can have their own life and enjoy their life.The fact is too difficult to them catch up with the changing, they never touched the computer and the knowledge of them had leant at school were out of date.Sometimes I start to think about of my retiring life and maybe I need to take a plan early,because my daughter suggests that she doesn’t need me to help her look after her child. the real is she knows I am not good at it .

My parents usually spend time with me on weekend and live with my brother’s family on workdays. They need to take care of my nephew to go to the kindergarten when the couple of them / when they go to work. Before my mom has taken care of my daughter for 15 years from her birth until last year when she left China to go abroad. I noticed that their generation generally still takes lots of time to look after the new generation after they retired. The main reason is that both parents need to be bread winners, and at the same time it is the last one thing that the old generation can do. I really appreciate my parent’s help which made me work more, instead of worrying about housework and my child. But I also hope that they can have their own lives and enjoy their lives. The fact is too difficult for them to catch up with the change, they never learned about computers and what they learned at school was out of date. Sometimes I start to think about my retirement and maybe I need to make a plan early, because my daughter suggests that she doesn’t need me to help her look after her child. The reality is she knows I am not good at it.

Vocabulary

sleep in – to sleep longer than usual
eg. I sleep in every weekend

crave – ke wang
eg. I crave water in the morning

overconfident – too confident
eg. Sunny is sometimes overconfident

double the amount of time / twice the amount of time 

attention to detail – ability to focus on details

how to say – you know, i mean, i guess

I am living in Shanghai – now v
Living in Shanghai is comfortable – vn
I was living in Japan before – past now v
I have been living in Shanghai for 15 years – past to now continue