VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework


Do you often procrastinate?

Speaking exercise

It is same to past.
I think waste sorting is good to our and our future. Although it is very hard to waste sorting but it is very good for environment.
I watched a news about a polar bear they don’t have enough food and they found the food in the rubbish and found nothing so they are very week.
Most countries will send the rubbish.

We feel I don’t want to do it but in the office and in our community there are some people they will check our rubbish. So we must do it.
The first time if I don’t sorting they will not forbidden you to throw the rubbish but just this and we will sorting and throw it.

In the future we will pay.
It’s first city to do this. Other cities will do that in the future but maybe Shanghai is very special.
We don’t sort we just throw it together.
It is hard because we didn’t do this when we grow up.

Some people will not do it because I think maybe they are very 。。 maybe very old or their knowledge is not enough.

I like to take pictures but my level is not high
I like take photos. If I see some beautiful sceneries I will take a picture. I like take pictures of food.

student they ready to decide which school they will go to. And some people don’t advise you to go to university in Shanghai because you will very hard in future 4 years.


It is the same as before / There isn’t much change / same old same old.
I think waste sorting is good to us and our future. Although it is very hard to sort waste, it is very good for the environment.
I watched/read/saw a news about polar bears they didn’t have enough food and they looked for food in the rubbish and found nothing so they are very week.
Most countries will send the rubbish.

We feel we don’t want to do it but in the office and in our community there are some people who will check our rubbish. So we must do it/ we have to do it.
The first time if I don’t sort your waste properly/well they will not forbid you from throwing the rubbishYou will not be forbidden from throwing the rubbish.

but only this time /only once . They do not give second chances

In the future we may have to pay fines.
It’s the first city to do this./ Shanghai is a test city.  Other cities will do that in the future but Shanghai starts first.

We don’t sort it/sort waste we just throw it all together in Xinjiang.
It is hard because we didn’t do this when we grew up. / we are not used to this/ we are not used to doing this/ we do not have this habit.

Some people will not do it/some people will find it hard to do because I think maybe it is hard for them to change/to learn。 Maybe  they are very old or they didn’t receive education.

There is a joke about student who are ready to decide which school they will go to.
Some people tell them don’t go to university in Shanghai because you will be annoyed in the future 4 years.

Vocabulary

to annoy 烦躁/惹恼
I was annoyed when the teacher said we would have a lot of homework.

rubbish / waste / garbage
I am confused when I dump rubbish.

to dump : to throw away

style 风格
I like her music style.

headache 头痛
I have a headache.

hobby 爱好
My hobby is to take pictures.

habit 习惯
I have a bad habit, I procrastinate.

to procrastinate /procrastination (n)/ to delay 拖延症
I have a bad habit. I often procrastinate. / I often delay things to tomorrow.

a fine罚款
I got/received a fine for not sorting waste properly.
I am not fine today because I received a fine.

to fine : give a ticket
The policeman fined the driver for driving too fast.

properly 正确的
I didn’t dress properly for the wedding. I wore a t-shirt.

to look for something: try to find
I have looked for my phone everywhere but I can’t find it I think I have lost it.

Really good / awesome 牛逼
Tom is awesome at singing.
Tom is awesome, he sings really well.
He is awesome at procrastinating.

same old 老一套。
Nothing new, same old, I am still working in Shanghai….

portait mode 人像模式
I like to use the portrait mode to take food pictures.

polar bear 北极熊

waste sorting 垃圾分类
Waste sorting is good for the environment.

north pole 北极
Polar bears live in the North Pole

photographer 摄影师
He is a bad photographer

events 活动
He was invited to an event from Apple.

to sort 种类
I need to sort all my pictures. I want to organize them in folders……

to go to jail 做老
He didn’t go to jail for procrastinating too long.

to do something well
Tom cooks very well

to forbid something
Shanghai forbids smoking.

to forbid someone from doing something
Shanghai forbids people from smoking in restaurants.
Shanghai forbids people from throwing rubbish without sorting them first.

Pronunciation

bear/beer