VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

the Crusades – 十字军东征

religion/noun – 宗教

ex. Which religion do you believe in?

religious/adj – 有信仰的

ex. She’s from a religious family.

I’m a Christian/I believe in Christianity

overseas students – international

outsource – to have a part of another company do a job at your company

ex. Most of the young people in my company are outsourced.

vocational – job training school

ex. At vocational school, they teach you how to do different jobs.

part-time – half a day/not all the time

ex. My colleagues study part-time online.

full-time – all day/all the time

ex. I studied full-time in university.

We can’t help it/There’s nothing we can do – 没办法

17, almost 18 – not quite/not there yet

Grammar

remember to use the past tense when you talk about things in the past

ex. I went to university.

ex. They didn’t go to university.

Speaking exercise

In the university, I learn little.

In university, I learnt/studied a little 

In high school, I became interested in history/I started taking an interest in history 

Chinese and some foreign literature

I want to go to England to study master degree about history

I want to go to England to study history for my masters/to get a history masters degree 

When I graduated from university, I wanted to go to there

When I graduated from university, I wanted to go to there

Museum wants international students come back

Museums only want international students to work for them/only hire students who studied overseas 

Go shopping mall with my university classmate

Go shopping with my university classmate

Read long contracts about loans. If the customer don’t pay loans I will remind them.

I usually go over/read long contracts about loans. If the customer don’t pay loans I will remind them.

In China, education level is very important. I have a Bachelor degree so the company hire me. Other my colleagues are the outsourced because they education level is low. They don’t go to university, like school training, professional training school.

In China, education level/receiving enough education is very important. I have a Bachelor degree so the company hired me. My other colleagues are all outsourced because their education level is low. They didn’t go to university, they went to a vocational school.

Their mind maybe in school with their classmates, not in work, they don’t know their position.

They think that they are still in school with their classmates, not in work. They don’t know how to act with colleagues or bosses. 

Part-time not very help them. Part-time not very like ours university.

Part-time is not very helpful/useful for them. Part-time is not the same as full-time university.

Sometimes I think the children poor child they are very young and not moving with society.

Sometimes I think they are poor children because they are very young and not familiar with society.