VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

finish the reading for homework, and write about how you feel/ reflections.

Vocabulary

1.self-disciplined= 自律的
ex: I thought I was very self-disciplined.
ex: I’m not self-disciplined, because I’m lazy.

2. severe (adj)= very bad
ex: the situation is severe, we must handle the problem.
ex: she got into a severe accident.

Recently, one of my colleagues who has a traffic accident. I’m worried about her situation, because she hurt badly. She broke totally five bones, 2 ribs, left lung and left kidney. She was riding bicycle and hit by a car. The accident happened in the evening, there are no many cars in the road. The speed of the car was fast.

Revised

Recently, one of my colleagues got into a car accident. I’m worried about her situation, because she got hurt badly/ severely. She broke a total of five bones, 2 ribs, her left lung and left kidney. She was riding the bicycle when she got hit by a car. The accident happened in the evening, there weren’t many cars on the road, so the car speed was a little fast. 

China is taking action to cut down on food waste. The government has started a new campaign to encourage people to think about the amount of food they waste. It is called the “Clean Plate Campaign”. President Xi Jinping wants people to reduce the amount of food wasted. He called the waste “shocking and distressing”. There are many reports in China that a food crisis is coming. Food production has decreased because of the coronavirus and because of floods in southern China. Experts say this will not lead to a crisis, but the government wants people to pay more attention to how much food they leave on their plate. President Xi said China had to “maintain a sense of crisis about food security”.

Many restaurants are taking the campaign very seriously. A restaurant in central China went a little too far as it started weighing customers. It had to apologise to diners who were offended at being weighed. It said: “We originally wanted customers to stop food waste and order food in a healthy way.” A restaurant in the capital Beijing told the Global Times newspaper: “We remind our guests when they order too much food.” Restaurants in Wuhan have started the N-1 system. This is where groups of diners must order one fewer dish than the number of people in the group. Earlier this year, the United Nations warned that the world could see its worst food crisis in 50 years.