VIP Class Notes (Samara)[S]

Write a story or two about your travels.

American customs versus Chinese Customs, weddings, birthdays, male roles, female roles, clothing styles, cooking styles.

a conflict of interest-a situation in which someone cannot make a fair decision because they will be affected by the result
利益（或利害）冲突（因为相关自身利益而使当事人无法做出公正或公平判断的情况）
E.g.: I need to declare a conflict of interest here – one of the candidates for the job is a friend of mine.
我需要报告一个利益冲突的情况——这份工作的候选人之一是我的朋友。
diplomatic (adj):acting in a way that does not cause ofence
讲究方法的，委婉的
E.g.: Ask him nicely – be diplomatic.
好好向他提出请求——要委婉一些。

Vocabulary

Flaky: 片状的
Curious: very want to know

Because I don’t think Chinese people teach Chinese children any English is not very helpful because when children like maybe 3 and 10 years they don’t really good at English. I know that in America you can choose different major you want and different major have different classroom and you can go to any classroom which you choose. But in China they don’t allow this, they will give you all the subjects which you need to learn and you just only sit in the same classroom but a different teacher will come to this classroom. Our classmate at our school don’t like the food the school provides. But a lit of Americans like fried food. When I visited America I tried a cookie and it was too sweet.

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Because I don’t think Chinese people teach Chinese children any English, it’s not very helpful because when children like maybe 3 and 10 years they don’t learn / acquire really good English level. I know that in America you can choose different majors you want and different majors have different classrooms and you can go to any classroom which you choose. But in China they don’t allow this, they will give you all the subjects that you need to learn and you just only sit in the same classroom but a different teacher will come to this classroom. Our classmate at our school doesn’tlike the food the school provides. But a lot of Americans like fried food. When I visited america I tried a cookie and it was too sweet.