VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Pronunciation

ai: plain main claim drain train gain rainy day  complain explain
ay: play clay tray hay gay bay railway

Speaking exercise

I didn’t work a lot this week. I’m so happy this week, this is an amazing week. My plan for National holiday is I will go to Beijing and Inner Mongolia. I’m very happy about it and looking forward to it. Last week, I bought a lot of stuffs on TB. It’s gonna be 6 days horse riding. It snowed yesterday, so I bought a down jacket for 300. We have 16 days off.

Revised

I didn’t work a lot this week. I’m so happy this week, this has been an amazing week. My plan for National holiday is I will go to Beijing and Inner Mongolia for the National Holiday. I’m very happy about it and looking forward to it. Last week, I bought a lot of stuffs on TB. It’s gonna be 6 days horse riding. It snowed yesterday, so I bought a down jacket for 300. We have 16 days off.

Reading

China will take solid steps in implementing the three-year action plan for SOE reform, and make more efforts to create a level playing field for private firms, the State Council’s executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on Thursday.

Li stressed that SOEs should focus on their main responsibility and business, develop sound market-oriented operating mechanisms, and increase core competitiveness. At the same time, a level playing field for the private sector shall be created to boost their confidence in development.

SOEs need to make continued efforts to achieve higher quality and efficiency, sharpen core competitiveness and strengthen dynamism for sustained growth, to better their role in underpinning the national economy, according to the meeting.