VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S/W]

Do you think it is ok for people to borrow money for beauty surgery?

I’ll go to office tomorrow morning and hang out with friends tomorrow afternoon.
I have no choice.

if they cannot live their lives normally, it is necessary to have surgery. Maybe it will make them more confidently for their lives.

in asian most girls like the western look, big eyes and big noises. My mother has western eyes but it isn’t like that.
Most classmates they had beauty surgery after graduate the high school, most have eyes.
I didn’t have because I think if I get older my eyes may get bigger than before.

I’ll go to the/my office tomorrow morning and hang out with friends tomorrow afternoon.
I have no choice, we need to finish the report before Sunday.

if they cannot live their lives normally, it is necessary to have surgery. Maybe it will make them more confident in their lives.

in Asia most girls like the western look, big eyes and a big noise. My mother has western eyes but it isn’t like that.
Most of my classmates  had beauty surgery after (graduating from) high school, most had their eyes done.
I didn’t have it/ do it because I think if I get older my eyes may get bigger than before./ as I get older my eyes may change.

(I’m not sure the meaning of joke is also including the meaning that some is doing funny gestures in front of you )Looking back on the past, it seems an ordinary life, people may think l’m a tedious person. I don’t used to play a joke on someone, who l am not familiar with. For me the worst joke is a friend imitated my father’s voice and face expression. I think you become more sensitive and talk much more than before as you get older. He thought he did just for fun, but I don’t think it’s a funny for me. No matter what, imitate or criticize each other’s parents and friends is bad behavior.

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(I’m not sure if the meaning of joke also includes when someone makes funny gestures in front of you/when someone behaves like a clown. Looking back on the past, it seems ordinary/ it looks like an ordinary life, people may think l’m a tedious person. I am not used to playing a joke on someone, who l am not familiar with. For me the worst joke is when a friend imitated my father’s voice and facial expression. I think you become more sensitive and easily talk too much / say things you might regret as you get older. He thought he did it just for fun, but I didn’t think it was funny for me. No matter what, imitating or criticizing each other’s parents and friends is bad behavior./ is off limits.

Vocabulary

clown 小丑🃏
Stop making a clown face, you look ugly!

facial: related to the face
She went to Korea to have facial beauty surgery.

surgery 手术 / operation when you cut the skin open
I had a surgery in the hospital because my leg was hurt in an accident.

operation: global term to talk about things done in a hospital.

social pressure/ peer pressure: when everyone does something and you feel you need to do it too.
After two of his neighbors bought a new car, Tom felt he needed to change his car too. He bought a new one because of peer pressure.

peer : the people same as you
Tom is an accountant in XYZ, Jerry is also an accountant in ZYA. Tom and Jerry are peers in different companies.

botox : what you put to avoid wrinkles
She had botox on her face to make it/herself more beautiful.

wrinkles : what you get on the skin as you get older 皱纹
My mother had botox because she thought she had too many wrinkles.

wax :
Waxing legs is too painful for me

surgeon :the doctor doing a surgery
To be a surgeon in China you have to study hard.

beauty surgery 美容 surgery to change someone’s look.
My friends went to Korea to have beauty surgery.

to regret 后悔
I regret not buying a house in Shanghai 10 years ago.

to be off limits : to be too much / to be forbidden/ not ok
Criticizing my parents is off limits. If you do that you won’t be my friend anymore.

commercial property: space used for commercial purposes.
In China a commercial property belongs to the buyer for 50 years

personal property: space used for living
In China a personal property belongs to the buyer for 70 years

downpayment : the money you need to pay directly.
If you buy a second house in Shanghai, the downpayment is 50% of the value.

a will: a document to say what should happen after you die.遗嘱
The grandfather made a will that said his apartment would belong to his granddaughter after his death.

Grammar

to have something done:
In Asia eye surgery is the most popular beauty operation. Most girls have their eyes done after High school.
I had my hair done at the hair salon yesterday.

to have someone do something:
I had my assistant write a travel plan for next month.