VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/W]

LilyShen Ye

Homework

what are some special norms among the Chinese people? Anything special/interesting?

Grammar

for +period of time
ex: for 2 weeks, for 3 hours, for 1 minute

occurrence 次数
I’ve been to Disneyland twice.
I get a haircut every 2 months.

Vocabulary

1.norm= what everyone does
ex: we should follow the norm so we fit in.

Speaking exercise

Describe a foreign culture that you like.
What culture is it?
When were you first exposed to this culture?
How does that culture compare to your own?

In my opinion, I think foreign culture is more freedom than our culture. because when you in some design area or some creative industry, you will find that a lot of foreigners designers are good at imagining and they can do a lot of that you can’t think of it. I think maybe it’s because of the difference of the two education system. We are not allowed to speak more in the classroom when teacher are teaching something. We just follow what teacher are saying. Maybe in the foreigner country, the teacher are more willing to their children to communicate with each other more and say more opinion about the things yourself, and don’t be afraid other’s opinion. When I first learn about the culture, I’m not use to it because we never say something to others directly, if they don’t satisfied with it, they will speak to me directly, that will make me not very comfortable. I think it is culture difference when I’m at work. I think it’s very good for you to know someone’s thinking.

Revised

In my opinion, I think foreign culture is very different compared to our culture. You will find that a lot of foreign designers are good at imagination in the creative industry. I think maybe it’s because of the differences of the two education systems. We are not allowed to speak out in the classroom when the teacher is teaching something. We just follow the instructions. Maybe in the foreign country, the teachers encourage their students to communicate with each other more and share their thoughts without being afraid of others’ opinions. When I first learned about the culture, I wasn’t used to it because we never say anything to others directly, on the other hand, if the foreigners aren’t satisfied with something, they would tell me directly, I wasn’t comfortable with that. I think there is a cultural difference when I’m at work. I think it’s better to know others’ thoughts.

Writing exercise

Several days ago, I updated my iPhone to install the latest system IOS 14. The news of the launching new version has been lasted for a long time. When I started to look at the phone of the starting page, I didn’t realize there is any difference like before. But after I swiped it , I found that there are so many widgets attached on the menu that I have never used them. The set about the phone has been changed a lot that I didn’t know how to customize them on my own. The interface of the Photo Album and the schedule are so difficult to handle , which means I have spent a lot of time familiarizing with them. Every time when you choose a photo on the app, you have to do more steps to finish it, such as one picture, not be allowed, or all the pictures. I understand it’s for the sake of the safety , but it’s not convenient for a regular person to repeat all the steps again and again. Maybe you can setup in the phone by yourself, but in fact there are so many options I have to check out which make me confused. So , I have to give up. As a result, I have to do the same procedure whenever I want to choose a picture on some apps.
Revised
Several days ago, I updated my iPhone to install the latest system IOS 14. I’ve been aware of the new update for quite some time. When I checked out the starting page, I didn’t realize any differences compared to before. But after browsing through it , I found out that there were so many widgets attached on the menu that I have never seen before. The setting of the phone has been changed a lot that I didn’t know how to customize them on my own. The interface of the Photo Album and the schedule are so difficult to handle that I had to spend a lot of time familiarizing with them. Every time when you want to select a photo on the app, you have to take more steps, you could either select a single picture or select all the pictures. I understand it’s for the safety purpose, but it’s inconvenient for people to do the extras repeatedly . Maybe you can set up the phone by yourself, but in fact there are so many options I have to check out that confuse me. So , I have to give up. As a result, I have to do the same procedure whenever I want to choose a picture on some apps.