VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Do you think technology makes people more confident or do you think it makes them more insecure.

When it comes to the last croissant we would probably share, or at least offer to do so, but there are other things that it is harder to share – a favourite sweet perhaps, the last square of chocolate.

I remember years ago in college there was only one slice of ham on the plate and eight people. All but one had had enough, but one person was still to take her second slice. She was Swiss and newly engaged, and as she reached out I couldn’t help teasing her ‘They say in England that if you take the last piece of food from the table you will never marry.’ She hesitated just for a moment and then declared ‘Oh, such nonsense.’ before taking the first bite-full.

They have now been married for many years.

There is another saying in England ‘Would you give him your last Rolo?’; a Rolo being a toffee wrapped in chocolate, of which you only get a few in a packet. It’s considered to be a real test of true love, as the phrase means ‘Do you love him enough to share whatever you have?’
https://english-magazine.org/english-reading/english-for-culture/3569-culture-article-last-rolo

When I saw this article I feel a little interested because kind of a joke.

I think it is a good way to put food on each dish.
in western restaurants when you order food they will just put yours. but in China you need to share with all the people.
With my friends if they are in my home I will just put each dishes on one plate for one person that and it will solve the problem with if someone was shy or not feel very comfortable with take the last one.  and or. I will just count the number of people and I will make the same number of ….
If we just order some food in the restaurant, people always leave some food on the plate. And so that case will never happen.

The first I saw the TED, one sciencist said the same situation like his friend. He just take picture to his friend, a girl and he thought this picture was very beautiful but she disagreed. She thinks this picture make her more ugly because he not use the beauty camera. He just use a camera. The scientist said, people always don’t not satisfied with their photos because when people see someone they will through the brain. so when you saw someone that is a little bit connect with your imagine. Because the camera don’t have any brain like human so that just put what it see. So people always don’t satisfied with their photos and they want to use beauty applications to make themselves better looking.

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I think it is good to put food on each dish.
(just like) in western restaurants when you order food they will just serve a plate for you. but in China you need to share with everyone.
I will just put each dishes on one plate for one person that and it will solve the problem with if someone was shy or not feel very comfortable with take the last one.
If my friends eat at my place, I will divide food equally and serve the same plate to everyone.
If we just order some food in the restaurant, people always leave some food on the plate. And so that case will never happen.

One time I saw a TED talk, one scientist said the same thing about his friend. He just took a picture for his friend, a girl and he thought this picture was very beautiful but she disagreed. She thought the picture made her more ugly because he did not use the beauty camera. He just used a camera. The scientist said, people are not always satisfied with their photos because when people see someone they will feel something, it connects with your imagination. But the camera just captures the cold reality.So people are often dissatisfied with their photos and they want to use beauty applications to make themselves better looking.

I don’t think very thin is a Beauty standard. I feel unhealthy. I like some girls that are doing sport in the gym, they are not very thin, they are very lean

Vocabulary

to be insecure / not be confident.
Tom is very insecure about his nose.

to be lean / to do away with fat or unnecessary
I decided to eat more vegetables and exercise and have a lean body for summer.

social pressure / peer pressure
There is a social pressure to have an iPhone, Tom didn’t have one and felt like he was excluded from the group.

DSLR / big camera / Digital Single Lens Reflex
DSLRs take better pictures than phones.

to be satisfied/ to be happy with something
I am not satisfied about the service in this restaurant. The waiter was terrible.
I am not satisfied with my nose. I want to go to Korea to have cosmetic surgery.

surgery 手术
He decided to have beauty surgery to make himself more handsome.

beauty surgery / cosmetic surgery
He went to Korea to have beauty surgery.

prominent / more noticeable
Tom has a prominent nose, his nose is quite big.

facial characteristics 特征
One of the facial characteristics of Spanish people is that they tend to have more facial hair

internet celebrities 网红
One of my friend is an internet celebrity, she has 99999999999 followers on Instagram (some must be fake….)

to like a post  点个赞
He liked my post on Instagram

to go viral / to become popular on the internet
His Douyin video went viral.

to scroll / drag down
Most apps have a scrolling interface

down to earth / rational
Tom is very down to earth

obesity / being too fat
Obesity is a big problem in the US.

malnutrition / not have a varied enough diet to be healthy
Malnutrition is an issue in North Korea.

to stir / to move clockwise or not
He stirred the soup with the spoon.

figure / body
She has a slim figure.

to be decisive / to be fast at making decision and not feeling regrets
Tom is very decisive, he never hesitates and choses very quickly.

to regret / to wish you could change something in the past
After I got the blue bag, I started to regret and wish I had bought the pink one.

decision making / making choices
I am not good at decision making, I always hesitate a lot.

hospitality / how you treat guests
Hospitality is very important in China. If a guest didn’t have enough to eat the host would lose face.

sense of hospitality / understanding the needs of guests
Tom has a great sense of hospitality. As soon as we arrived at his place, he offered us something to drink.