VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S / W]

Imagine that you are going to Israel next year. What would you do to prepare for it?

I am an interior designer, I lived in Shanghai 12 years. I think Shanghai have a lot of opportunities to find a job and maybe make money.
Now I am a little tired of living in Shanghai because the weather. For display our company products.
It is very big and the company culture is not very strict. not very harsh.  I like our company’s products, the quality is very good and they want to supply a good life for people. I also like this culture.

I think the good way is just transfer.
Maybe I should prepare first, like I should learn that countries language first, If I can’t speak Arabic I think I don’t need to afraid. Maybe I’m just afraid of if their country can accept it.

Most Shanghainese are very good but someone just don’t like people from other cities/outsiders.
One of my colleague saw this feeling too strong. sometimes she thinks other cities people share their resources. I don’t like this mindset.
This is normal, a lot of people have this mindset. Because they think they are native, other people just want to make money then leave.

I am an interior designer, I have been living Shanghai for 12 years. I think Shanghai has/offers a lot of opportunities to find a job and maybe make money.
Now I am a little tired of living in Shanghai because of the weather. My work is to design showrooms to display our company products.
We are all very easy going I like this culture.  I like our company’s products, the quality is very good and they want to give people a good life.
I think a good way is just to transfer/would be to transfer.
Maybe I should prepare first, like I should learn that country’s language first, If I can speak Arabic I think I don’t need to be afraid. Maybe I’m just afraid that the people may not accept me / I am afraid it is going to be hard to fit in.

Most Shanghainese are very good but some people just don’t like outsiders.
One of my colleague experiences this feeling/feels this way strongly. sometimes she thinks outsiders share their resources. I don’t like this mindset.
This is normal, a lot of people have this mindset. Because they think they are native, other people just want to make money then leave.

When do you think you should be harsh with people? When do you think you should just be nice to people? Is there ever a time where you think being rude or harsh to someone is better than just being nice…

At one time, I thought I should be nice and polite to everyone. That’s my rule and I always do that. But I forgot one thing, not everyone is as good as my thought. There are good people and bad people in the world. We don’t need to treat them equally. I realized this because I had met a liar, a worst liar in the world. He and other bad guys cheated me of my money by the name of love. From this I learned my lesson, and I knew there are bad people in the world. Before I didn’t aware because I didn’t lost so much like this time. This also teacher me I should identify who is good and who is bad. Just be harsh with the bad people, if you didn’t do that, you will hurt yourself. Because bad people never think about you, and they just want to get some benefits from you. So now, if I know you just want to use me or get something from me, I will say no. It’s a little hard to me and sometimes I just choose the way of leaving this kind of people alone. I don’t want to talk to you and you just leave me alone. One of my friends is different to me, she just directly face the problems and solve it, I admire her but sometimes I can’t do something like her. Once she helped me refused a guy who want to share my apartment for free. She just in a harsh way to ask the man how much he would pay, and she said if you didn’t pay, we couldn’t let you live. When I heard this, I thought how harsh you were. But I really thought at that time being harsh was much better than being nice, and I applaud my friend in my heart.

When do you think you should be harsh with people? When do you think you should just be nice to people? Is there ever a time where you think being rude or harsh to someone is better than just being nice…

Once / there was one time, I thought I should be nice and polite to everyone. That’s my rule and I always do that. But I forgot one thing, not everyone is as good as I think. There are good people and bad people in the world. We don’t need to treat them equally. I realized this because I met a liar, the worst liar in the world. He and other bad guys cheated me of my money in the name of love. From this I learned my lesson, and now I know there are bad people in the world. Before I wasn’t aware because I hadn’t lost as much as this time. This also teaches me I should think carefully about who is good and who is bad. Just be harsh with the bad people, if you don’t do that/otherwise, you will hurt yourself. Because bad people never think about you, and they just want use you. So now, if I know you just want to use me or get something from me, I will say no. It’s a little hard to me and sometimes I just prefer not to do anything with this kind of people / I just prefer to be left alone.  I don’t want to talk to you and you just leave me alone. One of my friends is different from me, she just directly faces the problems and solves it, I admire her but sometimes I can’t be like her. Once she helped me turn down a guy who wanted to stay at my apartment for free. She just asked the man  in a harsh way how much he would pay, and she said if you don’t pay, we can’t let you live there. When I heard this, I thought she was very harsh. But I really thought  being harsh was much better than being nice at that time, and I applaud my friend in my heart.

Vocabulary

gap  / a space between two extremities
There is a gap between the two tables.
It is hard to communicate with my grandparents, we have a  generation gap.

anonymous / no name
He gave a tip to the police but he asked to remain anonymous.
I got this information but the source is anonymous, I don’t know if it is trustworthy.

resources / things you can use
People don’t like to share resources, they want to have more for themselves.

mindset / how someone thinks
The mindset of Shanghainese is very different from other people

veteran / someone experienced / a soldier that came back from war.
John is a veteran, he served in the Vietnam war.
Tom is a veteran interior designer.

soldier / people in the army
I don’t like soldiers, I think they are rude.

short tempered / easily get angry
Tom is short tempered

military service
People in Israel have to do a 2 year military service.

to transfer
I asked Kohler to transfer me to Israel.
I go to Orlando but I have to transfer in San Francisco..

to translate
Can you translate this document for me? It is in Arabic and I can’t read it.

to be aware / to know something
I wasn’t aware that he resigned.

to resign / to quit
He resigned after 10 years in the company.

to divide / to separate
He divided the cake in half.

Pronunciation

Mindset
Conservative