VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework

Write about the behaviors you cannot understand from millennials

Speaking exercise

We went to a small town 3 hours away from TK and it  was snowing

I went to Tokyo and I bought a SIM card and I can’t use my telecom company so I can’t telephone your friends.
First thing I wake up I try to touch the phone and before sleep in the night Its a habit to check some apps or watch tv plays by using the phone.

I think I haven’t turned on the TV for more than 2 months.

It is convenient you can use it anytime you want to but thats not good because when friends get together having lunch or dinner everyone is watching their phones.

They don’t want to eye contact and don’t want to talk so they use look at their phone.

In some cities schools help teenagers help stop to go websites too long
Many young parents they cannot control the children so they just give them the phone and let them play and they can have their own time. Sometimes in restaurants you may see children is crying and parents give them the phone and sometimes watch a cartoon. They will be quiet.
It is very interesting the children they don’t need anyone to tell them how to use. They know naturally/instinctively.

I don’t know why they create such stupid thing.
it wastes a lot of time and the content is poor.
Some people do some strange things.

I read an article they said some companies do analyst on what’s the user are watching and they send a lot of things you have watch and they give you the same info. They have a use database and they can decide what you watch. So that is dangerous you can be controlled.
Pingduoduo target customers are people in small cities. they make up the part that taobao does not do the business.
I don’t know why so much invests invested so many money in this business.


We went to a small town 3 hours away from TK and it  was snowing. The level of snow was pretty high.

I went to Tokyo and I bought a SIM card and I couldn’t use my telecom company/telecom operator/phone operator in Japan so I couldn’t phone your friends.
The First thing I do when I wake up is to grab the phone and before sleep in the/at night It’s a habit to check some apps or watch tv plays on the phone.

I think I haven’t turned on the TV for more than 2 months.

It is convenient you can use it anytime you want to but thats not good because when friends get together to have lunch or dinner everyone is checking/using/playing with their phones.

They don’t want to have/make eye contact and don’t want to talk so they simply look/use/stare at their phone.

In some cities schools help teenagers to stop browsing websites too long
Many young parents (they) cannot control their children so they just give them the phone and let them play and they can have their own time/ have some peace. Sometimes in restaurants you may see children are crying and parents give them the phone and sometimes they watch a cartoon. They will be quiet.
It is very interesting that  children don’t need anyone to tell them how to use the decide. They know naturally/instinctively.

I don’t know why they created such stupid thing.
it wastes a lot of time/ it is a waste of time and the content is poor.
Some people do some strange things to get likes.

I read an article they said some companies did an analysis  on what the users are watching and they feed them related content. They have a user database and they can decide what you watch. So that is dangerous you can be controlled.
Pingduoduo target customers are people in small cities. they make up the part that taobao does not do the business with/ that taobao neglected.
I don’t know why so many people invested so much money in this business.

My concern is that parents invest a lot on Children’s education but they cannot control what their children watch. / they cannot stop their kids from watching stupid things and getting poor information.

A lot of girls they post a luxury lifestyle, I don’t think its a good thing. Of course rich people can buy anything they want but its not good to encourage people/ to play on people’s greed/envy. It is natural to want more things but the environment matters.
at first the idea was to let people share their lifestyles but in the end people only show the good things.

More people fake their WeChat moments and set it up in a way so that you can only see the past/last 3 days.

Vocabulary

similar content: almost same as previously consumed
most apps try to guess what you like and feed you similar content.

to neglect : not to serve carefully
Pingduoduo was successful because they targeted neglected low tier city buyers.

envy: wanting of something
Tom was envious when I showed him my new car.

greed: wanting to have more( material things)
Greed makes people do crazy things

lyrics : what is said in a song
I don’t like the lyrics of his new song.

targeted advertising: when a company uses your browsing history to send you ads that may interest you.
Dou Yin does kind of targeting advertising with their videos.

Celsius : a unit of temperature 
Fahrenheit :
unit of temperature used in the US

critical thinking:  the ability to distance oneself from content
adults have critical thinking they realize what people post on social medias are not the reality.

instinctively : using their instinct / guessing
Most kids can use phones instinctively.

to be addicted : when you feel an urge you cannot control for something
A lot of people are addicted to their phones

an addiction:
He went to rehab to try to fight his drug addiction

a telecom operator : a company giving telecom related services
My telecom operator doesn’t work in Japan so I needed to get another SIM card.

to grab: to take something and make it closer
When I wake up the first thing I do is to grab my phone.

to scroll : to move vertically
Most socials apps adopt scrolling gestures

smoke and mirrors: it has no real sustainable capability
so many startups are just smoke and mirrors, they just want to get to an exit strategy.

condo: community where people live
People park their mobike in my condo.

structure: framework
The government should provide a structure to the way people do business.

profitable : to make money
A lot of companies do not care about profitability

Grammar

To stop/quit doing something
I am trying to stop smoking.