VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

most of the Chinese cities are same

is it more better than Shanghai -> is it better than Shanghai ?

honkongese dont think that the China government is their government.

mainlanders supplied a lot of things to HK.
HK is just a financial center, they have no natural resources.
More and more mainland cities surpass HK in GDP or economic indicators.

Why they look down upon mainland Chinese.

they wait the price get higher and then you can sell the house and get your investment.
Few people think I just rent out the house and break even.sell the house and I can send the money into the bank -> keep the money in the bank and get the interests

I think in the west they do a lot of things to control the house price. They don’t allow investors to increase the price too much.
The china government…I think there is no any other country in the world like China government to allow to make the house price become higher and higher.

Even you have a good job you get 20k you still cannot afford to buy a house.

parents can help and then you can use all of your salary.

you should change a bigger house

they want their babies became very excellent

in western they want to teach the students to master a method to make an analysis
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most of the Chinese cities are same

is it more better than Shanghai -> is it better than Shanghai ?

honkongese dont think that the China government is their government.

mainlanders supplied a lot of things to HK.
HK is just a financial center, they have no natural resources.
More and more mainland cities surpass HK in terms of GDP or economic indicators. / the GDP of many mainland cities already surpasses HK. / is already higher than / exceeds

Why they look down upon mainland Chinese.

they wait the price get higher and then you can sell the house and get your investment.
Few people think I just rent out the house and break even.sell the house and I can send the money into the bank -> keep the money in the bank and get the interests

I think in the west they do a lot of things to control the house price. They don’t allow investors to increase the price too much. / they put a cap on the annual increase.
The china government…I think there is no any other country in the world like China government to allow the house price to get higher and higher / to allow the house price to increase so fast. -> there is no other country like this one / there is not any country like this one.

Even you have a good job you get 20k you still cannot afford to buy a house.
Parents can help and then you can use all of your salary. then your disposable income will be higher

you should change a bigger house -> you should move to a bigger house to have an additional room for the baby.

they want their babies became very excellent -> they want their kids to be excellent 

Vocabulary

middle class : people of average income
most middle class people live in this area.

income inequalities : differences in income between people earning little and people earning a lot
Income inequalities are higher in China than in Europe.

to exceed : be higher than
The rent exceeds my salary, I need to look for a small place.

natural resources: things in the ground : gas , gold, ….
HK doesn’t have natural resources

critical thinking : ability to put things in question
critical thinking is very important for auditors.

physics (n) science about the property of things
I studied physics in Uni

physical (adj) : about the body
I worry about my physical health

Mental (adj) : about the mind
He has a mental disease.

daycare center : where you put the kids because you have to go to work
I will drop tom at the daycare center before driving to the office

only child policy : one kid per family
China enforced the only child policy until 2 years ago.

to split : to break into parts
let’s split the bill

disposable income : money you can use (after paying necessary things)
He earns a lot but he has a lot of debt so his disposable income is low.

how so :  in what way? /why? …
A: Chinese cities all look the same / all look similar
B : How so?
A: the architecture is the same everywhere.