VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

refining expression

I don’t like this change the day.
If don’t do that we can’t have a long holiday. maybe 4 or 5 days.
before the holiday go work for 6 days and after the holiday also work 6 days.
so this vocation are belong to us before.

You have to choose between a 5 day holiday and a 7 day holiday for which you have to work 2 extra days.

Usually we in this situation we take photos but my husband do it so bad and I’m put the picture to Instagram before I upload to Instagram I must spend lot of time to retouch pictures.
My friends almost have.
WeChat has changed. It is not for our daily life only. we use it for work more and more.
My friends and classmates they study abroad so they are used to using Instagram
In China the law for woman to retire is 55. I actually think I may be borned in a wrong country.

Our family have a WeChat group if my sister posts the pictures it hasn’t retouched his husband will go crazy.

I don’t like this change the day. / I don’t like it when we have to change work days. I don’t like to work on Saturday.
If we don’t do that we can’t have a long holiday. it would only be 4 or 5 days.
before the holiday we had to work for 6 days and after the holiday will also have to work for 6 days.
so this vacation belongs to us.
You have to choose between a 5 day holiday and a 7 day holiday for which you have to work 2 extra days.

Usually in this situation we take photos but my husband did it so bad / is bad at it and we didn’t keep many pictures . we deleted many pictures / we deleted most pictures. / we didn’t have many keepers.
before I upload to Instagram I must spend a lot of time to retouch pictures. / I always have to retouch pictures for a long time before I post them. It is tough / it is tiring.
most of my friends have Instagram
WeChat has changed. It is not for our daily life only. we use it for work more and more.
My friends and classmates studied abroad so they are used to (using) Instagram
In China the law is for woman to retire at 55./ according to the law women can retire at 55. I actually think maybe I was born in the wrong country.

Vocabulary

tough 艰难
My work is tough, I have to work very long hours.

mindset观念模式
My mindset is different from most of my peers.

refrigerator / fridge 冰箱
I keep fruits in the fridge.

vacation : holiday
I stayed in Shanghai during the vacation.

vocation : goal 使命
I feel like taking care of my son is my vocation. I want to spend more time with him

volcano  火山🌋
I realized that my vocation was to take a vacation on a volcano.

dry cabinet 除湿柜子
I keep valuable books and cigars in a dry cabinet

extra 额外的
I bought a camera and an extra battery.

backup 备用。。。
I took one more battery as a backup / I took an extra battery.

stingy 小气
They are stingy, they don’t like to spend money.

in advance: before ..
I celebrated my birthday in advance because everyone will have to work on Tuesday.

to retouch 修
I use Meitu to retouch my pictures.

unemployed  / out of work : not having a job 未业
Tom is unemployed so he eats dinner at 5pm.

retire 退休
My dad is retired.

cigar 雪茄
I saw a middle aged man smoking the cigar yesterday.

composition 成分

addiction瘾
He has a cigarette addiction.

to be addicted
Tom is addicted to his phone.

Grammar

most of 大部分
Most of my friends use Instagram

I have never thought about it before

used to something
I am not used to Chinese food.

used to doing something
I am not used to eating dinner at 5pm.