VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/W]

is it hard to balance work and family as a woman?

Vocabulary

1.balcony =阳台
ex: This morning, I went to my balcony and did cardio for 20 mins.

2. pho (noun)= 越南粉
ex: The best pho is Shanghai is Saigon Mama
ex: The best pho is Toronto is “Little Saigon”

3. sacrifice (noun)= 牺牲
sacrifice (verb) = 去牺牲
ex: I sacrificed a lot for my family and my daughter.

4. frustrated (adj)= 烦躁的
frustrating (adj)=烦躁的 形容东西
ex: I’ve been really frustrated recently.

5. lost (adj)= 迷茫
lost（verb)= 弄丢了
ex: I feel lost in the relationship, I don’t know what to do.

6. shop around =瞎逛逛（街）
walk around =瞎走走（路）

7. client (noun)= 客户
ex: I hate talking to clients, some of them are very stupid and clueless of what they want.

8. clue= 头绪 线索
i have no clue what to do.  我好无头绪= I’m clueless.

9. it’s up to you. I’m fine with everything =都可以

10. careful —- careless大意
ex: she’s so careless, her baby was in the car seat without seat belt.

11. go on business trips/ go on a business trip =出差
ex: I want to go on business trips more often.
ex: He needs to go on a business trip to America.

12. developed country =发达国家
third-world country= 欠发达国家

13. first-world problem= naive problems only rich people have
ex: Why should i drive a Benz and my brothers gets a Bently? This is a first-world problem.

Recently, I feel very frustrated for no reasons. I don’t want to stay in Shanghai. I want to go to Tokyo and walk around. I have no target in my work, I do the same things everyday. I want to go on a business trip because I want to broaden my visions.

Revised

Recently, I feel very frustrated for no reasons. I don’t want to stay in Shanghai. I want to go to Tokyo and walk around. I have no motivation动力 in my work, I do the same things everyday. I want to go on a business trip because I want to broaden my visions.

My son
I have a 5 years old boy，his name is Eason. He will start senior grade of kindergarten in September this year. He is probably the most crybaby that I have ever seen. Eason went through different stages of growing up like most children, terrible 2’s, horrible 3’s, unbearable 4’s and fearsome 5’s, but now he can basically communicate with us like a big kid.
Eason is very interested in many things such as running, cycling and video games, but his favorite was ultraman of Japan. So, we often take him to Japan to participate in ultraman activities. We also bought a lot of toys about it. Eason said he wanted to learn Japanese in order to watch ultraman’s TV shows and movies. In this regard, I think it is a good phenomenon for him.
Although Eason is a troublemaker, I still love him so much as a mother. I don’t expect much of him in the future, but I hope he will be an honest, sunny man who loves life.

Revised

I have a 5 years old boy，his name is Eason. He will start senior grade of kindergarten in September this year. He is probably the most horrible crybaby that I have ever seen. Eason went through different stages of growing up like most children, terrible 2’s, horrible 3’s, unbearable 4’s and fearsome 5’s, but now he can basically communicate with us like a big kid.
Eason is very interested in many things such as running, cycling and video games, but his favorite is ultraman from Japan. So, we always take him to Japan to participate in ultraman activities/ events. We also bought many toy models. Eason said he wants to learn Japanese in order to watch ultraman’s TV shows and movies. In this regard, Therefore, I think it is a good phenomenon for him.
Although Eason is a troublemaker, I still love him so much as a mother. I don’t expect much of him in the future, but I hope he will be an honest, bright man who loves life.