VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

If you had the chance to tell your younger self about something what would you say.

Use the second conditional

I really liked the time when I was in college because my roommate was very nice we could go anywhere together.
I need someone to stay with me.
I hate to eat alone. I eat lunch in my company with my colleagues and for dinner I always go home or if I must eat alone I will prefer to take away.
On Saturday I always go with my friends or I will go to the gym so I don’t need to eat dinner. It is my usual life in my week end. / it is my routine in the week end.

I have friends but I think the best time I had was when I was in college.

At night we could stay together to watch movies and talk about it.
And we would order something to eat together. / order some food delivery.
We don’t have many chances to meet up these days.
Now we can go to watch a movie in the cinema but in the same room we can talk about everything/anything we want (to say) and we can lay on the bed and talk without end.
When we began/started to work we had less time to meet and one of us is married.
For the story, she always said she would never get married but she was the first among us/in our group it is so amazing so she will be/is quite busy now.

you didn’t need to think too much./ about too many things. You could simply be happy. / happiness was simple.

We sometimes will connect on WeChat. / get in touch on WeChat / chat on WeChat
I think last time we met was for our classmate’s wedding.

Usually you need a full day for a wedding wedding you start in the  morning and finish late at night.
Sometimes I think about my college life I think if I had another chance, there would be many things I want to do for example I would go traveling or have a long trip because after I started to work I found it hard to  have a long vacation.
Maybe I would chose to go back to my high school. The time was very hard but maybe I could study harder.
I have an idea if I had another chance I would go abroad with my friends after leaving my college. Maybe the UK or America because at that time I think working in a bank was nice job. if I chose to go abroad at that time maybe something would be different. You can learn more things. open your horizon and learn to look at things in a different way.
Now I want to change my job but I don’t know what I can do so it’s hard.
I am a bank clerk.
I feel my work is repetitive. Day after day and I want to do something I can’t do./ I want to learn something new.
Many of my colleagues always change their jobs from this bank to another bank I think it is all the same.

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I very like time when I am in the college because my roommate is very nice we can go everywhere together.
I need someone to stay with me.

I hate to eat alone.I eat lunch in my company with my colleagues and at dinner I always go home or if I must to eat alone I will prefer to take it back.
On Saturday I always go with my friends or I will go to the gym so I don’t need to eat dinner. It is my usually life in my week end.
I have friends but I think the greatest time is when I was in college.

It’s night we can stay together to watch movies and talk about it.
And we will call something to eat together.
It’s no chance to stay together. Now we can go to see the movie in the cinema but in the same room we can talk everything we want to say and we can lay on the bed and talk anything we want.
When we are begin to work we have less time to meet and one of us is married someone who say he will never married but she is the first it is so amazing so she will busy now.

you don’t  need to think much things. Just happy.

We sometimes will connect on the WeChat.
I think last time we meet is our college mate wedding.

wedding you must have one day start at morning and finish late.
Sometimes I will think about my college life I think if give me another chance I have many things want to do for example go traveling or to have a long trip because when I was start to work I don’t have a long day off.
Maybe I will chose to go back to my high school. The time is very hard but maybe I can study more hard.
I have idea if give me another chance I will go abroad with my friends after leave my college. Maybe UK or America because at that time I think work in a bank is nice job but now if I chose to go abroad that time maybe something is different. You can learn more things. open your view and give you another way to think.
Now I want to change my job but I don’t know what I can do so it’s hard.
My job is to make the bank … if you go to bank you will see many work sits you have some business to do so we will help you to solve it.
Because you always do the same thing I think. Day after next day and I want to do something I can’t do.
Many of my colleagues they always change their jobs from this bank to another bank I think it is the same.

Vocabulary

classmate : someone who studied in the same class/uni
Tom was my classmate in college.

clerk: person doing routine administrative duties
I work as a bank clerk.

repetitive (feeling of something on repeat)
Working in a factory is repetitive, you do the same thing everyday.

take away 打包
We will not eat at the restaurant tonight, we will just take away.

For the story …. to introduce an anecdote
She is married now, for the story she said she would never get married, she lied!

anecdote :short story about something. ( add more details loosely related to your main topic)
Talking about Shanghai, I have an anecdote I would like to share with you.

to order
I ordered a salad for lunch

food delivery 外卖
Food delivery is very well developed in Shanghai.

to deliver 递送
I bought something on JD last week but they haven’t delivered it yet. I am very angry.

convenient : making life easy
I wanted to go to a convenient store but there was none around.

wedding : when people get married.
I was invited to her wedding but I couldn’t go because I had to work.

take a day off : take 1 day holiday
I took a day off to go to the hospital.
I took 3 days off to visit Beijing.

routine : sequence of things someone usually does.
My morning routine is to wake up, have a shower, get a coffee, get dressed and go to work.

single / not married / not in a relationship (status)
I am single but I enjoy the freedom it gives me.

lonely (feeling)
I sometimes feel lonely if I am free and all my friends are busy.

Grammar

must do something
I must finish the report before Friday
I must see her before she gets married.

do not use very before a verb
I very like –>I like …. very much -> I really like…
I really tried my best

very before adv/adj
Tom is very tall.
I am very tired today.

second conditional : to talk about a low probability events
If I won the lottery, I would buy a boat.
If I had the chance to go back, I would travel after college.
I would travel to Japan if I had time.

Pronunciation

colleagues  (col egz)  (workmates) / college (uni) (col ei je)