VIP Class Notes (Tibo) (S)

refining expression

for me just calls and communicate with friends via WeChat and watch tv shows. so I don’t think I need so latest technology.
I bought it in February. My husband recommended me to use Huawei because he thinks Huawei is good and Huawei is cheaper than iPhone and if I don’t play games and if I am not a tech person he thought Huawei is ok for me.

I still remember because I was in the college and I running everyday in the morning I listened to news when I run so I think it is unbelievable because in America it is such a big country and such kind of attack it is unbelievable at the time.

When the earthquake in Sichuan in Shanghai we still have the feeling because we worked in the building and it is tall so it will have a little move then we find the news and we don’t think its s a big earthuquake and we didn’t think so many persons died in the earthquake but day after day we knew and I think it is a big disaster.
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for me a phone is just for calls and to communicate with friends via WeChat and watch tv shows. so I don’t think I need the latest technology.
I bought it in February. My husband recommended me to use Huawei because he thought Huawei was good and Huawei is cheaper than iPhone and since I don’t play games and I am not a tech person he thought Huawei is ok/suitable for me.

I still remember when I was in college and I was running everyday in the morning I listened to the  news when/as I ran and it felt unbelievable because America it is such a big country and such kind of attack was unbelievable at the time.

When the earthquake in Sichuan was felt in Shanghai we still had a feeling / felt something / experienced some vibration because we worked in a tall building so it moved a little/ shook a little then we found out from the news and we didn’t  think it was such a big earthquake and we didn’t think so many persons died in the earthquake but day after day we realized and I think it is a big disaster.

I am not a tech person / I don’t like tech gadgets

Vocabulary

disbelief : inability to accept something
I felt disbelief when I heard I was sick.

gadget : something new but not really useful
Having 3 lenses on a phone is a gadget. One is enough.

contemporary : at the current time
Bill gate is a contemporary of Steve Jobs
I often go to the theatre to watch contemporary dance.
I don’t understand contemporary art.

installation art : art using space
I saw interesting installation art in the museum.

tribute: Act to show respect
He paid tribute to Jack Ma for starting Taobao and changing the shopping industry forever.
His speech included a tribute to XJP.

vertical (from top to bottom)
Old Chinese books are written vertically.
Horizontal (from left to right)
English books are written horizontally

to carve : cut something to make a mark
He carved a statue out of stone.
Before using paper people carved words on bamboo.