VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

Why is jade so valuable? Why is it important to Chinese culture ?

Vocabulary

work life balance – how do you balance your work life and personal life
e.g. I work in a quiet, non-challenging environment this helps my work life balance. 

what does not kill you, makes you stronger

carats – 克拉
e.g. I bought a 2.5 carat diamond!
e.g. The diamond was 2.5 carats!

jade -Hetian Jade – 和田玉
e.g. Jade is less expensive than diamonds, but just as beautiful.

man-made – “which people made” – not natural
e.g. It was a man-made diamond — not a real diamond.

clone – I want to “make me two people”
e.g. I want to clone myself! I need a clone!

small town mentality – a small town way of thinking
e.g. Their mentality was too limited.

“selling work” – sales

Pronunciation

jewelry

usually

Grammar

these days – usually
e.g. These days I am really tired.

make me feel – makes me feel

life is challenging
life brings you many challenges
my life is challenging because it has many different challenges

I work in an insurance company
I work in the government

Take away “the”, make the noun plural.
I sell the diamond
I sell diamonds
The China man don’t like the American girl.
Chinese men don’t like American girls.

Original

I think most of people are need challenging but in a degree challenging is not very big / difficult. If the challenging is very difficult I maybe some people cannot  know how to devote it – but challenging can help us live better. Make me stronger. Last week seller – I sell the diamonds from it I can study how to balance my life – because my life and work is very quiet  – I have no challenging – I want to seek challenges. In my college, my subject / major is jewelry. Then I have worked in insurance company. It have grades. For example the color as…. I suggest people choose at most H. Insurance company can make my life quiet. The seller is very changing to me. And I very oppressed. I am a person in the jewelry industry and when I am a seller. Jade can respect our Chinese culture. Is diamond is – resource of diamond is very limited.

Corrected

I think most people need challenges but to a degree these challenges are not very big / difficult. If the challenges are very difficult maybe some people will not know how to [overcome] them – but challenges can help us live better and make me stronger. Last week I was a seller – I sold the diamonds and from this experience I learned how to balance my life – because my life and work is very quiet  – I have no challenges – I want to seek challenges. In my college, my major was jewelry and design. Now I am working in an insurance company. Diamonds have four grades. For example the color as…. I suggest people choose at from D-H and beginning from H, diamonds become yellower and yellower . Working in an insurance company can makes my life quiet and peaceful. Sales is very challenging for me. And I am / feel very oppressed. I am a person in the jewelry industry and I was a seller – this was 3 years ago. Jade is an important part of Chinese culture. Diamonds are a very limited resource.