VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

What would your ideal living situation be like when you get older/retire? Why?

Vocabulary

in my opinion/from my perspective/I think/feel/believe – to state your opinion

look down on sbd – lack of respect for a person

what to do for a living/my career – don’t know how to choose the right job

move/relocate to a new house/apartment/place

SH lacks green spaces/nature

I don’t hang out a lot/often with my friends

Grammar

many/a few – countable

bottles/people/animals

much/a little – uncountable

stress/time/money/ice

fun – noun 

a fun place

funny – adj 

a funny person

-y adjectives

funny/silly/horribly

No nagging from my parents

When I was at school, my mother always talk about something “I can’t do this, I can’t do that”. I was in SH with my classmates. There were 6 people. I came here for my internship.

Maybe is because we’re from different cities and there are some words about Shanghainese that they don’t like on local people so I know that thing. When I came here I heard something about they don’t like people from other cities so I think maybe I’m often. It’s the first impression that SH gives me.

There are two parts of it: one is work, one is my apartment. For work, I always change the job because I don’t really know what to do for job and for my apartment. Sometimes I had to change place too. Now, the place I live in is the first time where I lived in SH. There’s no funny places in SH so every time I hang out with my friends, we don’t know where to go.

Revised:

I don’t like when my parents nag at me/My parents are controlling with me.  

When I was at school, my mother always said things like “I can’t do this, I can’t do that”. I came to/moved to SH with my classmates. There are 6 people. I came here for my internship/to do an internship.

Maybe it’s because we’re from different cities and there are some rumours that Shanghainese people don’t like/look down on people from other cities. It’s the first impression that SH gave me.

There are two reasons: one is work, one is my living situation. For work, I always change jobs because I don’t really know what to do for a living/for work. Sometimes I have to move to a new place/relocate too. Now, the place I live in is the same as the place which I lived in when I first moved here. There are no fun/interesting places in SH so whenever I hang out with my friends, we don’t know where to go/have any ideas.

Everyone is different makes every family differently, I think this is the reason why some people feel homesick and some don’t.

I always feel homesick since I’m living far away from my families. I had a good time when I stayed at home. My mom cooked for me everyday, although there were not too much different cuisine, I still love her food. My younger sister and I, we were close and always having lots of fun. But now I can’t meet them every time I want, we all have our jobs to do, it makes me feel lost. So I guess why I feel homesick is I need their company. I’m also sure they want me to go home.

As for some people don’t miss home, there could be many reasons. For example, there’s a bad relationship with family members. Or they’re satisfied with their current life. Perhaps some people don’t feel homesick is that they didn’t realize it. People are busy and having a lot of pressure nowadays, they don’t have much time for personal emotions. Once they are leisured, that homesick feelings would come out.

Revised:

In my opinion/From my perspective, everyone is different so this makes every family different, I think this is the reason why some people feel homesick and some don’t.

I always feel homesick since I’ve been living far away from my family. I had a good time while I stayed at/while I was back home. My mom cooked for me every day, although there wasn’t too many different cuisines, I still love her food. My younger sister and I are close and always have lots of fun together. But now I can’t meet them every time I want since we all have our jobs to do so it makes me feel lost. So I guess the reason I feel homesick is because I need their company. I’m also sure/certain they want me to go home.

There could be many reasons as to why some people don’t miss home. For example, they have a bad relationship with family members. Or they’re satisfied with their current life. Perhaps some people don’t feel homesick because they haven’t realized it. People are busy and have a lot of pressure/are stressed nowadays, they don’t have much time for personal emotions. Once they have more spare time, the feelings of homesickness would come out.