VIP Class Notes (Lily) [R/W/S]

describe a situation when you feel hopeless/ helpless

Vocabulary

1. chained (adj)= 连锁
ex: McDonald is a chained fast food restaurant.
ex: Carrefour is a chained supermarket.

2. careful—- careless (adj) 粗心大意的
ex: My husband is always careless when he cleans the room, the corners are always dirty.
ex: Jenny is very careless when she does her math homework.

3. hopeless (adj)= 没希望的 没救的
ex: HK is hopeless, I don’t know how they can get themselves together.
ex: The little boy who peed on my coat is hopeless.

4. helpless (adj)= 无助的
ex: It’s pouring outside but I don’t have an umbrella, I feel very helpless. 
ex: When there’s nothing to eat at midnight, but I feel helpless. 

5. peed on (XXself)= 尿在XX身上
ex: little babies always pee on themselves.
ex: my sister peed on herself in grade 10 because she wanted to pee and I made her laugh.

A: I made a terrible decision buying this house. It’s in a bad location and it needs a lot of repairs. What was I thinking?
B: Sounds like buyer’s remorse, my friend. Relax. The repairs aren’t serious and it only takes five minutes to get to the train station.

A: Lovely new car!
B: Thanks, but I’m feeling terrible buyer’s remorse right now. It was so expensive. What if I lose my job?

A: Why did I order lobster soup? Your potato soup was half the price, and it’s tastier.
B: I know the feeling – I always order the wrong thing and then get some serious buyer’s remorse. Let’s share.

I attended a wedding last weekend. Before this wedding, I’m really like to attend weddings. This wedding is horrible.  This wedding had a lot of kids there, over 30 children. During the wedding, the MC always invite people to join his game, all of the children are on the stage. One of those children, he peed while he walking to the stage, his pee on my coat, he walk like a crab, I sit near the stage. At that time, he figured he made something bad, so he ran away. I don’t know who I should angry with. I don’t know who his parents. One of my friend sit beside me, his back is with pee.

The wedding is in Wuxi, I quit the wedding and drive back to Shanghai to a laundromat to wash my clothes. Before that time, I really love weddings, I love new couples share their experience. The little boy destroyed it, I feel very helpless and speechless.

Revised

I attended a wedding last weekend. Before this wedding, I‘ve always liked really like to attend weddings. This wedding is horrible. There were a lot of kids there, over 30 children. During the wedding, the MC always invited people to join his game, all of the children were on the stage. One of those children, he peed while he was walking to the stage, he peed on my coat, he was walking like a crab/ walking sideways, I sat near the stage. At that time, he figured he did something bad, so he ran away. I don’t know who I should be angry with. I don’t know who his parents are. One of my friend sat beside me, he had pee/urine on his back.

The wedding was/took place in Wuxi, I left the wedding and drove back to Shanghai to a laundromat to wash my clothes. Before this experience, I really loved weddings, I loved to see new couples sharing their experience. The little boy destroyed it, I feel very helpless and speechless.

When I choosing a job, I am always struggling whether I should leave my comfort zone or not. My previous boss wants me to join her new companmy. she is always nice to me, working with her and her team is in my cormfort zone. I kown all team menbers’ temper and their work habits, which makes me achive my goal easierly. However, there is another chance for me, leaving the comfort zone and joining a new companty. New environment, colleagues and challenges. With all those new things I believe I can fulfilled and grow myslef, but before that I’m not sure if I can handle all these challenges.

Revised

When I look for a job, I am always wondering if I should leave my comfort zone or not. My previous boss wants me to join her new company. she is always nice to me, I am comfortable of working with her and her team is in my cormfort zone. I know about the team menbers’ temper and their work habits, which makes my job more efficient. However, there is another chance for me, leaving the comfort zone and joining a new company, with new environment, colleagues and challenges. With all those new things I believe I can be fulfilled and improve myself (from within), but before that I’m not sure if I can handle all these challenges.