VIP Class Notes (Phil)
Today we focused on:
in todays class we talked about mental health and social pressure.
Homework
what social pressures do people in China face nowadays ?
How can social pressure impact peoples mental health?
Vocabulary
mental health – health of the mind
eg. i think mental health is more important than physical health.
drink alcohol – he jiu
alcoholic －person who depends on alcohol everyday
eg. he had a lot of stress in his life and became an alcoholic
social pressure – what society expects people to do
Eg. young people feel social pressure to get married
get divorced – legal break up of marriage
eg. they got divorced after 5 years of marriage
feel pressure
exam – formal or official test
eg. students feel stressed when they have an exam
graduated – finish university/high school
eg. i graduated from university in 2015
CV/ resume – contains education history, work history and other experience
eg. I updated my CV yesterday.
can’t afford – to have enough money to buy something
eg. young people in shanghai can’t afford to buy an apartment
retire – the official age to stop working.
eg. In china men retire at 60 and women retire at 55.
Pension – the money given to retired people by the government
eg. i get regular pension payments
Grammar
keep your health – keep healthy
when people wake up every morning nothing can to do – when people wake up every morning they have nothing to do
i fall gaokao exam – i failed the gaokao exam
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