VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

your pension depends on the salary you get when working

we need to pay taxes it is very high to support the high pensions
I imagine I will live in other counties but my age I am getting old so if you move to another country you need to get used to the new environment and if you have families in SH why do you need to move to the other country, you can travel too but no need to move to.

for Westerners although they have family they still can move to another country without their children.

Before I retire / before my retirement I want to have much money from investments then I can travel to different places. Before I retire I would already have 5 closets  full of nice clothes and my kids will inherit them.
Also the most important thing is when I am getting older I don’t want to stop going to the gym. / I don’t want to stop / give up working out.
I don’t want to live very long, when you are old it is not convenient and your body gets worse so your life quality will be getting down /deteriorating. I don’t want to live at a very old age.

I have heard a real story about a man, his wife has cancer so he froze her and hopes that one day the medical technology will be better and his wife will come back and be cured.
I think it is a scam, maybe aliens are real.

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your pension depends on the salary you get when working
we need to pay taxes it is very high to support the high pensions / because of the high pensions we need to pay higher taxes.

I imagine I will live in other counties but by that time I will be older so if I move to another country I need to get used to the new environment and if you have family in SH why do you need to move to another country, you can travel too but no need to move there.

for Westerners although they have family they still can move to another country without their children.
I think they have a different mindset

Before I retire / before my retirement I want to have much money from investments then I can travel to different places. Before I retire I would already have 5 closets  full of nice clothes and my kids will inherit them.
Also the most important thing is when I am getting older I don’t want to stop going to the gym. / I don’t want to stop / give up working out.
I don’t want to live very long, when you are old it is not convenient and your body gets worse so your life quality will be getting down /deteriorating. I don’t want to live at a very old age.

I have heard a real story about a man, his wife has cancer so he froze her and hopes that one day the medical technology will be better and his wife will come back and be cured.
I think it is a scam, maybe aliens are real.

Vocabulary

lawyer (n) 律师
We went to a lawyer.

to deteriorate : to get worse
as you get older your health deteriorates
Some people freeze their body to stop it from deteriorating

retirement (n) : when people stop working
The retirement age for women is 55

to retire (v)
I will retire at 35

scam (n/v) : something done to cheat people of their money
There are many scams on the internet
Tom scammed me of 1,000 USD.

to cure (v) : heal a disease
one day we will cure cancer easily

cure (n): medicine that heals a disease
we don’t have a cure for Covid 19

to inherit (v) : pass on after death
I inherited 100 houses from my father

inheritance (n)
He will only be able to sell his inheritance when he becomes 18

closet (n) 衣橱
I have a big closet full of clothes

morning rush : when everyone goes to work at the same time
I don’t like to take the subway during the morning rush

rush hour : time during which everyone is on the road
you don’t want to drive during rush hour because it takes much longer.

mindset  (n) : the way people think
People have a different mindset in the west.

Vietnam (n)🇻🇳 越南
I lived in Vietnam a few years ago.

Vietnamese (adj)
I love Vietnamese food

tax(es) (n/v) 税
The taxes in Shanghai are very high
the government taxes whatever you buy (VAT)

pension (n) : money received when retired
His pension is not enough for him to travel

to invest (v) 投资
I invested a lot of money, made 10,000x and now I am retired.

investment (n)
He made some investments

Pronunciation

done

down

deteriorate