VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

recap of 2020

there are no people keeping pushing you

It was like a drama.
I think I won’t forget this year. In a certain period of time because I am not sure wether there will be a more excited or more drama year appeared in the future.

I experienced a longer spring festival leave than even. I kept ordering the delivery service for almost 2 months. I got many VIP rewards.
Somedays maybe I have to order more than once.
I haven’t met with my friends for more than 3 months.
Another big deal for me I haven’t taken a travelling in a whole year because I don’t count 2 or 3 days trip.

Every time when I want to plan a trip there are new local cases appeared so I cancel my plans.

Many airplane companies released the special tickets but it is just available for week ends so it is a little hard to arrange a whole week of travelling.
Especially for the places which you have never to/you have never visited / you are not familiar with

Actually I haven’t set some goals or made some plans for next year because I need some time to think about my goals for next year because the situation is hard to predict than other years.
We all not sure about the status of the virus. As usual I always do some plans about travelling in beginning of the next year. but this year it is hard to decide wether you should make travelling plans or wait. Especially for western countries like America and Europe, lots of people won’t go back to their office.
Even you plan some domestic destinations you don’t know wether there is a new case during your traveling time.
The Covid 19 vaccine is a big uncertainty.

For Japan the government gives people the confidence that they will hold the Olympic Games on time.
If they don’t take the Olympic Games in next year the Olympic Games in Japan will be cancelled. They will waste a lot of money.
Japan invested lots of money into the infrastructures and they pre sold lots of tickets and some people postponed their ticket’s date and some just returned the tickets so if the Olympic Games cancelled a lot of tickets will be returned and the government has to pay the tickets money.

after panic buying it returned to normal

we don’t lose the connection with other people so it is better

if it occurred 10 years ago the result would be much worse than today.

the kids can’t back to school until June so the iPads were always sold out during that time.
Zoom you can change the background whatever you want because people stay in home a very long time and they mess up the room and you don’t want to show that

I don’t like when people keep pushing me / I don’t like when people give me pressure

This year was like a drama.
I think I won’t forget this year for a certain period of time because I am not sure wether there will be a more exciting or more dramatic year in the future.

I experienced a longer spring festival leave than ever / I had my longest spring festival ever
I kept ordering the delivery service / I kept ordering food online for almost 2 months. I got many VIP rewards.
Somedays maybe I had to order more than once.
I didn’t meet with my friends for more than 3 months.
Another big deal for me I haven’t taken a trip/ gone on a trip in a whole year because I don’t count 2 or 3 days trip. / I don’t count short trips
Every time I want to plan a trip there are new local cases so I cancel my plans.

Many airplane companies released special tickets but it was just usable on week ends so it was a little hard to arrange a whole week of travelling. / it was hard to plan a week long trip.
Especially for the places which you have never to/you have never visited / you are not familiar with

Actually I haven’t set some goals or made some plans for next year because I need some time to think about my goals for next year because the situation is harder to predict than other years. / I haven’t set goals because I feel next year is too unpredictable.

We are all unsure about the status of the virus / about how the pandemic will evolve.
As usual I always do some plans about travelling in the beginning of next year. but this year it is hard to decide wether you should make travelling plans or wait. Especially for western countries like America and Europe, lots of people won’t go back to their office.
Even if you plan some domestic destinations you don’t know wether there will be new case during your traveling time.
The Covid 19 vaccine is a big uncertainty / the roll out / distribution of the vaccine is a big uncertainty 

The Japanese government gave people the confidence that they will hold the Olympic Games on time.
If they don’t hold the Olympic Games next year the Olympic Games in Japan will be cancelled. They will have wasted a lot of money.

Japan invested lots of money into the infrastructures and they pre sold lots of tickets and some people postponed their ticket’s date and some just returned the tickets / asked for a refund so if the Olympic Games are cancelled a lot of tickets will be returned and the government will have to payback/return the tickets money.

some people were attacked

they will have the priority because they have a high risk

we didn’t  lose the connection/ we still managed to keep in touch with other people so it was better

if it had occurred 10 years ago the result would have been much worse than today. (2nd conditional -> present you need the 3rd conditional)

the kids were not allowed to go back to school until June so the iPads were always sold out during that time.
on Zoom you can change/replace the background to whatever you want because since people stay at home for a very long time and they mess up the room and you don’t want to show that to your colleagues. Zoom implemented a quality of life patch and let you blur the background.

Vocabulary

refund (n/v): get money back
I asked for a refund on this product
Japan will have to refund all ticket holders if it is cancelled

patch (n/v) a update to fix something
The new version includes a patch against hackers

to dispatch (v) To send with a purpose/ to mobilize
The army was dispatched to keep order

Grammar

If I had a Ferrari, I would drive fast (even though you use the past you talk about the present) (2nd conditional)

if I had had a Ferrari 2 years ago, I would have driven fast (in the past) (3rd conditional)