VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

try to avoid repeating and / try to make shorter sentences
Focus on using the past tense

I am a software engineer and my hometown in north east of China and I came to Shanghai at 2011.I have lot of passions for example playing computer games and playing music instruments. But just a little. SO much, about 10 years ago I played WOW and when I graduated I don’t have enough time to play games like WOW. I played some other games not online for example the FIFA and dark soul and some others.
I work in a traditional.. I am in a company which helps other bring goods from one place to another place.

In the Middle East they have a lot of oil, they are so rich and but there are a lot of wars.
I think 30k RMB is not enough and in China there are a lot of jobs can help you get salary like that and I think the Middle East countries not peace. I don’t like these countries because some dark rules. The government is not good. They are very rich but the reasons sounds not good.

I was back in 10 days ago and I stay there for 4 days after it I go to Osaka and Tokyo. Yesterday I back to Shanghai. I read some Japanese history about 500 there are a lot of small countries there are a lot of wars. In that age a guy named … it translates to Chinese use the characters but it translates to English use the pronunciation. I want to see some things about that history but I was so sad because there are no staff. all the things is created .

The Osaka castle is totally not original, it is like a new building, there is no history except the outside.

I am a software engineer and my hometown is in the north east of China.  I came to Shanghai in 2011.I have lots of passions for example playing computer games and playing music instruments. But I just play for fun/I am not that good/It is just a hobby/ I am not a pro.  About 10 years ago I played WOW and when I graduated I didn’t have enough time to play games like WOW/MMORPGs / online games. I started to play other games which are not online, for example FIFA, dark soul and some others.
I work in a traditional logistics company / transport company. I am in a company which helps other bring goods from one place to another place.

In the Middle East they have a lot of oil, they are so rich and but there are a lot of wars. / they often have conflicts
I think 30k RMB is not enough and in China there are a lot of jobs which can help you get salary like that/ there are a lot of jobs with that kind of salary/ with similar salaries. I think the Middle East countries are not stable. I don’t like these countries because of the government. The government is not good. They are very rich but the reasons are linked to illegal activities. they are very rich but they are corrupt.

I went back 10 days ago and I stayed there for 4 days after it I went to Osaka and Tokyo. Yesterday I came back to Shanghai. I read some Japanese history about 500 years ago there were a lot of small countries there were a lot of wars/500 years ago Japan was divided in many small countries and they were at war. In that age a guy named … it translates to Chinese using the characters but it translates to English using/based on the pronunciation. I wanted to see some things about that history but I was so sad because there was no original stuff. all the things is re-created .

The Osaka castle is not original at all, it is like a new building, there is no history except the outside.

Vocabulary

donation / the money given
The temple lives on the donations they receive.

sacred / special (for a religion)
This island is sacred for Japanese people/

original / was it was created
The temple is original.
This is the original book.

to re-create/ to make again
They recreated the castle.

to renovate / to repair broken parts while trying to stay true to the original
When I went to London, I wanted to go to Big Ben but I couldn’t because it was under renovation.

corruption / when you use your power for your personal gain
Corruption is a big problem in Africa.

conflict / disagreement over something which can lead to some violence
I had a conflict with my boss, I am thinking about quitting.

MMORPG/Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
WOW is a MMORPG.

Chinese Characters 
Japanese people also use Chinese characters

ancient characters/ simplified characters
Japan uses ancient characters but China uses simplified characters

pronunciation / how you say something.
Characters are the same but the pronunciation is different.

to transport / to move from a place to another
We transport goods from Shanghai to Beijing.
I work for a transport company (DHL)
I work for a logistics company

stable / predictable
Middle East countries are not stable, there are many conflicts.

Arab countries / Middle East countries

logistics 物流
I work in logistics for a transport company.

related to / having a link to
The question is not really related to my job.

that’s it / that’s about it (when you are done about something.)
That’s about it, I don’t have anything else to add.

to graduate/ when you finish your bachelor
I graduated in 2011

Grammar

talking about time

In year/month/season
In 2019/in December/in summer/

At / time
At 5pm.

On / day/date/event
On Monday/On January 14/ on my birthday

no the/a before a name
I went to the hospital yesterday.
I went to Huashan hospital yesterday.

Pronunciation

stuff / things
staff / employees