VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W/S]

Writing exercise

1.People is always like to have the privilege and without duty.
2.My best friend is a interior designer.
3.The riot began as a peaceful protest.
4.We must find the solution to this problem

1.People is always like to have the privileges but without any duties/obligations.
2.My best friend is an interior designer.
3.The riot began as a peaceful protest.
4.We must find the solution to this problem

Speaking exercise

People in Hong Kong they have the feeling that they are better than everyone. So I think they don’t know what they are and how they can do. They don’t know they protest. Maybe they, a lot of is not for political reason. They use by someone for political reason maybe. They so young to, maybe they are too young to (distinguish right from wrong ), maybe 20 to 25 maybe.
I think stop do stupid things, at first they must can’t disturb the others. It’s unfair. They must let the childs is safe and fly back home.

People in Hong Kong they have the feeling that they are better than everyone. So I think that they don’t know who they are/they forgot their roots and what to do with their lives. They don’t know why they‘re protesting. Maybe most of them are protesting for nonpolitical reasons. They‘re being used  by someone for political reasons maybe. They are so young to, maybe they are too young to distinguish right from wrong, most of them are in their early-mid twenties 20 to 25 maybe.
I think that they should stop to do stupid things, first of all they must can’t disturb the others. Simply, It’s unfair. I saw that a little child was at the airport but I couldn’t see any of the parents there so he couldn’t enter the check in/ On news I saw that at the airport there were little children, and children’s safety is the most important, children should be allowed to return to their parents

Vocabulary

obligation (n):the fact that you are obliged to do something
义务;责任;职责
E.g.: If you have not signed a contract, you are under no obligation to (= it is not necessary to) pay them any money.
如果你没有签合同,你就没有义务付给他们钱。
E.g.: You have a legal obligation to (= the law says you must) ensure your child receives an education.
法律规定你有义务确保自己的孩子接受教育。
2-something that you must do
必须要做的事情
E.g.: I don’t have time to do his work for him – I have too many obligations as it is.
我没有时间帮他干活儿——我自己的事还多得做不完呢。

early
mid     twenties
late

pension-退休金

first of all-首先

mindset (n):a person’s way of thinking and their opinions
思想倾向;思维方式;观念模式
E.g.: to have a different/the same mindset
有不同/相同的思维方式
E.g.:It’s extraordinary how hard it is to change the mindset of the public and the press.
要改变公众和媒体的思维模式是极其困难的。

that’s a wrong mindset-那是错误的思维方式

maximum-最多的
minimum-最小的

annual leave (n):年假a paid number of days each year that an employee is allowed to be away from work:
be on annual leave /She is on annual leave
E.g.: She took annual leave to attend the day’s commemorations.
E.g.: We offer a good starting salary and 25 days’ annual leave.