VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

based on the video smart box by gmail (google)
1 describe
2 what is the joke
3 is it beneficial

tense matching

I’m doing ok understanding/ reading . maybe not so good writing but certainly I don’t speak well. I can’t find exact words and sometimes I don’t know the whole structure.I was never been in an international school before. I don’t really have an English speaking environment. I learned English by practicing at school. My English test scores is often ranked first at school but I feel it is hard to express and make friends with a person from other country.
if I speak something for the very first time , I would think in Chinese first and then translate.

I’m doing ok understanding/ reading . maybe not so good writing but I certainly don’t speak well. I can’t find the exact words and sometimes I don’t know the whole structure/syntax.I have never been in an international school before. I don’t really have/I am not usually in an English speaking environment. I learned English by practicing at school. My English test scores was often ranked first at school but I feel it is hard to express my ideas and make friends with a person from another country.
if I say something for the very first time , I would think in Chinese first and then translate.

people do tricks on other people. make fun of them, put little jokes on them.
When I was little I couldn’t remember actually but I definitely did.
radio it played totally different sings. stance songs, not the usual topics I would listen to on my way back home.

people play tricks on others. make fun of them, play little jokes/prank on them.
When I was little I can’t remember actually but I definitely did.
talking about the radio it played totally different things. strange songs, not the usual things I would listen to on my way back home.

1 describe

A man walking in space, some space machines, a space station. Afterwards a man sitting beside his boss breathed some co2 into his bottle of water and another man sleeping besides his wife and made some water into sparkling water. A youngster made some sparkling water by exulting co2 into the product advertised.

2 what is the joke

the product never exist. I would try but I don’t think it is a long term commodity for me.
it’s fun.

3 do you think it is beneficial for the company
People usually do not pay attention to their soda water mechanism but it reminds people to try the soda water. And the people will pay more attention to funny things. it will get to more people in this way benefits the company.

1 describe

A man is walking in space, there are some space machines, a space station. Afterwards a man standing beside his boss breathed/blew some co2 into his device and another man sleeping beside his wife made/turned some water into sparkling water. A youngster made some sparkling water by exalting /breathe out co2 into the product advertised.

2 what is the joke

the product doesn’t  exist. I would try it but I don’t think I would use it long term. but I would probably stop using it after a while.
it’s fun.

3 do you think it is beneficial for the company
People usually do not pay attention to their soda water mechanism but it reminds people to try the soda/sparkling water. And people will pay more attention to funny things. it will get to more people and in this way benefits the company.

1 describe
There are lots and lots of tulips.
People use machines to talk with tulips and record their responses. Lonely grandma talks to the tulip about some gossip in her own home and the tulip responded “it’s so interesting”

A cactus interestingly said leave me alone. most tulips have asked for more water and light. Google released this video to fool people by making them believe google tulip is on App Store and they can use it if they wish.

2.
Plants can’t do that

3.

Google always appears to be a serious company but now it feels it is too much. now it seems to be a little too down to earth.

1 describe
There are lots and lots of tulips.
People use machines to talk with tulips and record their responses. A Lonely grandma tells gossips to a tulip  in her own home and the tulip responded “it’s so interesting”

A cactus interestingly said leave me alone. most tulips have asked for more water and light. Google released this video to fool people by making them believe google tulip is available on the App Store and they can use it if they wish.

2.
Plants can’t do that

3.

Google always appears to be a serious company but now it feels they aren’t/it seems they want to play with that. now it seems to be a little too down to earth.

when life gives you gas, make sparkling water.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. (saying)  ( be optimistic, there is always a way…)

Vocabulary

a lemon: fruit / a defective car
I wanted to buy a second hand car. But it feel like the salesman tricked me, I probably got a lemon.

prank : bad joke.
Tom told me we had a meeting on Sunday at 9am and I actually went to the office that day… hahaha

opera: kind of music mostly focused on the voice of a singer
I like to listen to opera music.

to consume (消耗 ) use up.
We consume about 100 bottles of water per month.

cactus: the plant with a lot of spikes
Some people put cactuses in front of their screens they believe it absorbs X-rays.

consumption: how people consume.
Consumption is down by 3% this month, it seems people do not have much money to spend.

ISS : International Space Station

syntax : the rules on how to build a sentence
Following the English syntax, in a question the verb comes before the subject.

down to earth: realistic/practical.
You shouldn’t gamble and put your money into things that matter. try to be a bit more down to earth.

subtitle : the text under a movie
I watched an Indian movie and read the Chinese subtitles.

to blow: release air from your mouth / destroy something/fail
When it is your birthday you blow the candles on the bday cake.
How was the interview? I blew it, they are never going to call me.

Blow off steam : relax when you are under stress
Tom you don’t look so good. take the afternoon off and blow off steam.

to subscribe : when you want to receive new issues/copies of a magazine / youtube channel / Weibo/ Instagram ….
I subscribed to the WSJ for 1 year.
I subscribed to Tom’s channel on youtube.

say something.
He said something about the new rules but I didn’t really get it.

speak
When he started speaking everyone started to clap their hands.

Grammar

Present continuous (be + Ving)
I am working on a new sparkling water product

He was cooking when the lights went off yesterday.