VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [L+W+S]

Today we focused on:

discussed BLM and inequalities

Writing exercise


What do you think about the level of income inequality in China ?

Speaking exercise

the government tried to launch policy to deal with the first graduate students to support them to find jobs so if the retire age is pushed back .

the fresh graduates or the students maybe they will face big issues about how to find a job.

she says something on the video. I remembered some parts of the video she said Flyod is not a real spiritual symbol for her actually he is a criminal he has many records about broken the law and she thought policeman had the right to protect themselves so she didn’t agree with the protest movement like these days occurred

some movement people are looting the buildings or the shops.
People can announce their opinion or complaints but the movement like these days too much for peaceful complains.

many schools have the classes which are special for minority children and the schools will pay for the tuition and their daily life.But they have to guarantee that they will come back to their hometown after graduating .


the government tried to launch a policy to support fresh graduates  and help them find jobs so if the retirement age is pushed back  it will create problems.

maybe the fresh graduates or the students will face big issues when they try to find a job. / when they start job hunting. /. when they hit the job market.

she says something on the video. I remembered some parts of the video she said Flyod is not a real spiritual symbol for her actually he is a criminal he has many records for breaking the law / he had a long criminal record and she thought policemen had the right to protect themselves so she didn’t agree with the protest like it occurred these days / she didn’t agree with the violence in the protest

some protesters are looting the buildings or the shops.
People can voice/express their opinion or complaints but these days the movement is not peaceful anymore. 

many schools have classes which are special for minority children / have classes dedicated to minorities / only opened to minorities

and the schools will pay for the tuition and their daily life.But they have to guarantee that they will come back to their hometown after graduating .

Writing exercise

European royals are still exist nowadays, but kings are not the countries’ regents anymore, they take the responsibility about being spiritual symbol. The Europe royals is monogyny, the eldest child succeed the throne, daughters and other family member are in line to it.
Chinese royal is been terminated for more than 100 years. The last dynasty is Qing Dynasty and it originated from Manchu which is a minority in China. The monogyny has been launched since 1912 when the Qing dynasty ended. The Kings in China of all dynasties had many concubines, and there was a limitation for high level concubines but not for low levels. In Chinese royals, just sons had the right of succession. Though the eldest son was easier to be selected as a successor, kings were prefer to choose the best son to be the successor, and the ancient peoples’ lifespan is not very long because of the undeveloped medical technology, kings always had many children in ancient China.


European royals still exist nowadays, but kings are not the countries’ regents anymore / king do not hold real power anymore. / kings are only symbols.
they take the responsibility about being spiritual symbols.
European royals are monogynous / only have 1 wife/ have exclusive relationships.
the eldest child succeed to the throne, the eldest child is the heir.
daughters and other family members are in line to it.
Chinese royals were terminated more than 100 years ago. The last dynasty was the Qing Dynasty and it originated from Manchu which is a minority in China.
The monogyny became the most common type of relationship since 1912 when the Qing dynasty ended. The Kings in China of all dynasties had many concubines, and there was a limitation for high level concubines but not for low levels.
In Chinese royals, just sons had the right of succession. / only sons could become heir to the throne. / women were excluded from the succession.

Though the eldest son was more likely to be selected as a successor, kings preferred to choose the best son to be the successor / the most talented …, and the ancient peoples’ lifespan was not very long  / life expectancy was much shorter
because medicine was not as developed as it is today.

undeveloped medical technology,

kings always had many children in ancient China.

Vocabulary

criminal record (n): list of all the illegal things you were found guilty of
If your criminal record is not blank you are not allowed to work in finance

affirmative actions  / positive discrimination : discrimination to help people of poorer communities
In China people in minorities have extra points when they take the gaokao, that is positive discrimination

implicit (adj): not said directly but understood based on context
The boss said ” Tom is a problem, I want the problem to disappear” he implicitly told us to kill Tom

explicit (adj) : said directly / shown
The boss said “I want you to kill Tom” , he explicitly told us to kill tom

civil war  (n): people of the same country fighting each other
the north won the civil war in the US.

stingy (adj) : who doesn’t like to spend money / cheap
My boss is so stingy I went on a business trip and he refused to refund any of my expenses

systematic  (adj): automatic / happening every time
When the stock price goes up, CEOs get paid more, it is systematic

systemic (adj) : relating to a system
Racism is a systemic problem

property tax (n) : tax paid on houses / apartments
The property tax on expensive houses is very high

martyr (n) : person becoming a symbol after being killed (usually for religion)
Flyod is becoming a martyr.

monogyny (n) : only 1 wife
Monogyny is the most common type of relationship

monogynous (adj)
most people are monogynous

polygyny /polygamy  (n): one man having more than 1 wife
Polygamy was popular among kings.

to exceed : be more than
I exceeded the speed limit so the policeman gave me a fine

they had undeveloped medical tech = judgement you look down on their medical advancement
Medicine was not as developed as today = more neutral , fact.