VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Focus on how to use a and the

Young people start to celebrate this day. I hope several days ago my daughter told me she wants to go to Japan lonely to watch the idol performance during Easter Day. I hope it is an April fools. I don’t want her go to Japan alone. But she likes organizing everything for this trip now.

1. describe

It describes that the plants have the connection with humans, with people. We can know each other well. We can have the conversation.
You can have a connection with the iPad or phone maybe some electronic device and the plant really understand what are we talked  and they give us the response.
It is like the real conversation between people and people.
The plants expressed what they want and what they need it make me recognize it is a real. maybe I can have the conversation with the plant.

1. what the joke is

Because it is unbelievable to be a reality, and plants couldn’t respond the people’s questions. and exactly the people did this conversation.

1. is it good for the company or not
   After I look at this video I will think it is wonderful company and it is motivational. They always try to do new things or activities to follow the festivals. I think it is important for IT companies to always try to catch the young customers/

I think compared to google and Microsoft. Microsoft is more traditional. the product, the process . The basic software. But google from the starting it is in the different way compared with Microsoft. They are more focused on hardware and safety or something related to the countries security. but google from the starting its a research, it’s a website. The google needs more information, any info in the world to have the communicate with their clients or customers.

Young people start to celebrate this day. Several days ago my daughter told me she wants to go to Japan alone/on her own to watch the idol’s performance during Easter Day. I hope it is an April fools. I don’t want her go to Japan alone. But she likes organizing everything for this trip now.

1. describe

It describes that the plants have a connection with humans, with people. We can understand each other well. We can have a conversation.
You can have a connection with the plants thanks to the iPad, phone or electronic device and the plants really understand what we talk about/what we tell them  and they give us a response.
It is like a real conversation.
The plants expressed what they want and what they need it make me feel it is a real. maybe I can have a conversation with the plants.

1. what the joke is

/ because it is not real / not realistic, and plants cannot answer to the people’s questions. and people faked the conversation.

1. is it good for the company or not
   After looking at this video I think it is wonderful company and it is motivational. They always try to do new things or activities to follow the festivals. I think it is important for IT companies to always try to catch/to be attractive for young customers/

I think if you compare google and Microsoft / comparing google to Microsoft . Microsoft is more traditional. they focus on the product, the process . The basic software. But google from the start/starting point it is in different compared with Microsoft. They are more focused on hardware and safety or something related to the countries’ security. but google from the starting point is focused on research, it’s a website/search engine. Google needs more information, They need to be up to date with information to communicate closely with their clients or customers.

Vocabulary

to play a joke on someone: to make someone believe something is true while it actually isn’t.
We played a joke on Tom. We told him he got promoted but it wasn’t true.

confirmation: information that something is sure.
I received the confirmation that Tom would attend the meeting on Sunday.

hoax : fake information
I read that Donald Trump was killed yesterday but it wasn’t true. It was a hoax.

to be up to date: having the most recent information.
My iPhone system is not up to date. I haven’t updated the system since last year.
I am not really up to date on Brexit, so many things are changing that it is hard to keep track of the situation

to fake something: pretend something was real.
Tom was hired as CEO but we then realized that he faked his Ph.D, He actually never went to Harvard.

degree: a document that proves you studied in University (bachelor  ,master , Ph.D)
I received a master degree from Oxford University.

to recognize: remember who someone is/what something is / to admit/acknowledge something is true
John has a new haircut. I didn’t recognize him this morning.
The killer recognized that he killed someone last night.
Do you recognize this gun? It has your fingerprints on it?
Many emperors in the Qing dynasty had many wives but they didn’t recognize the kids were theirs.

realistic: possible / looking like it is real.
I saw a movie yesterday. The special effects when the wizard used magic looked so realistic. I felt like magic was real.
If you are less than 170 tall it is not realistic to try to be a model.

lonely : feeling of loneliness
When I first moved to Shanghai, I didn’t have any friend, I felt lonely.

Alone / on one’s own : without anyone else
I like to travel alone, you get more freedom.

Grammar

a: one among others

the: specific: this one in particular

I bought a new phone yesterday. (I bought one phone among all the phones available)

I bought the iPhone Xr yesterday (I bought this specific model)

I had a conversation with Tom today.
The conversation I had with Jim last week was very interesting.

using thanks to:  It enables you to do something
I was gonna be late but thanks to my private driver I arrived on time.
Thanks to technology, we can now see people we love no matter how far we are.
We can deliver great products thanks to our 10 year experience in the business.
Thanks to the English classes I had I can now understand more English conversations.