VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Write a story about your childhood. Use the past tense.

practice using the past tense.

My friend has 3 baby cats then I can watch the video everyday.
No because maybe the mother cat feel not safety. The cat also don’t let the owner to see. It come into a a big box.
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My mother don’t let me to feed the cat. so I can only see them but can’t have them.

When I first see this picture I don’t think it’s real because only a light. I thought black holes may be very huge but the picture makes me feel small.
I saw every Huawei store has the phone in front. If I use iPhone 10 or other to take photo of the moon I can’t see anything.
If I go to travel and the camera on a phone can make my photo better I will chose them.
In this fact Huawei do better. iPhone is too real, make me some bad details too clear.
Maybe In the future I will change Huawei, Now I chose this phone because of the operating system. I think iOS is better. I have used android but its become too slow after 1 year.
Then if I use I will don’t have patience, I will get angry.
I won’t use this camera. I use this enough.

I have go there once and everyone around me tells me I don’t want to buy its too heavy.
For exemple supermarket or the internet then we can express to them.
You can use taobao to buy anything.

Many years ago people think taobao has many fake things but maybe the mind can be changed.
I think many apps when they were young they had to buy some cheaper things to make itself popular.

more expensive more good. Many rice which is is organic it is more expensive and it means healthy and more safe.

recent years I use computers only for work so I like desktop.

My friend just had 3 baby cats/kittens then I can watch their videos everyday.
No because then the mother cat may not feel safe . The cat doesn’t let the owner see them either. It hides into a big box.
My mother doesn’t let me feed the cat. so I can only see them but can’t have them.

When I first saw this picture I didn’t think it was real because it was/I could only see a light. I thought black holes may be huge/very big but the picture makes me feel like it is small / make it look small.
I saw that every Huawei store has the phone at the front. If I use iPhone 10 or other models to take photo of the moon I can’t see anything.
If I go on a trip  and the camera on a phone can make my photos look better I will chose this phone.
on this point Huawei does/performs better. iPhone is too realistic, it makes some of my imperfections  too clear.
Maybe In the future I will change to Huawei, Now I chose this phone because of the operating system. I think iOS is better. I have used android but it’s become too slow after 1 year.
Then if I use a slow phone I will not have patience, I will get angry.
But the iPhone’s camera is already enough for me. /I am already satisfied with the iPhone’s camera.

I had to go there once and everyone around me told me I don’t want to buy because it’s too heavy.
People buy rice in supermarkets or on the internet then we can send to them.
You can use taobao to buy anything.

Many years ago people thought taobao had many fake things but it is possible to change their mind.
I think many apps when were young had to sell some cheaper things to make themselves popular.

more expensive is better. Many kinds of rice which are organic are more expensive and it means it is healthier and safer.

Vocabulary

childhood童年

hard / soft
I like to eat my pasta soft

pasta 意大利面
I like to eat pasta.

to express (verb) : to convey / to show emotions
My father is not good at expressing his feelings. He doesn’t want people to think he is weak.
I didn’t know how to express my feelings in front of him so I decided to write him a letter.

express (adjective) : very fast
We received an express parcel this morning. I arrived from Beijing in less than a day!

imperfections : what makes something less than perfect
People use makeup to hide their skin imperfections.

realistic: looking real.
Something having a realistic picture is not what we want, we want to look better than in real life.

to perform : used to talk about how well something is done / for a show
The singer performed in front of 10,000 people.
Huawei phones perform better than others for taking pictures.

Young adults 20-30

middle aged : 45-65
Pingduoduo is popular among middle aged people.

senior 65+

kitten : a young cat

fake : not real
There are a lot of fake products on ….

to hide: not to show yourself
The cat was scared and decided to hide under the sofa.

heater : something that makes you warm.
I started using the heater in September, it got so cold that I couldn’t wait any longer.

distributor : someone who distributes your products.
河马is one of our distributors. We sell the rice to them and they sell it to customers.

tripod : something with 3 legs on which you put a camera to keep it stable 三脚架
I used a tripod to take a sharp picture at night.

banner : a long thing with a picture on it / usually for advertising

take a selfie / 自拍
People want phones that make them look good when they take selfies.

safety (n)
Safety is important for everyone.

laptop : a computer you can move around
My laptop is too heavy, I need to change it.

desktop : big computer that stays on your desk.
I only use a desktop computer a work.

I also don’t like ice cream -> I don’t like ice cream either

I will don’t have patience —-> I will not have patience

I feel safe in SH but I don’t feel safe in NYC.

Grammar

Positive:
I like coffee.
I like coffee too

Negative:
I don’t like tea.
I don’t like tea either.

to let someone do something:
My mother doesn’t let me feed cats.
I don’t let my friends call me at night.
My boss lets me go to work early

to be satisfied with something.
My boss was satisfied with my performance last year and she gave me a bonus.
I bought a new dress, I was satisfied with it.

have to do something / must do something
I have to finish this report before Friday.
I must finish this report before Friday.