VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

No new these days. I’m busy in my work.
Most of time I working on app. sometimes I also working on server. I’m a full stack engineer.
the other days played computer games that’s all. These days I’m playing total war. It’s interesting game like civilization but the war is different. The civilization’s war is I click one of my arms and click the enemy the war will finish but the war in total war it is different you need to control your arms, you can put them on the west and the east and different kinds of arms.
You can put your soldiers with horses make them hide in forest and when the enemy appears you can throw the forest and achieve enemy’s back and kill the soldiers with a bow.

total war some of them like civilization some of them like game of throne and the next war will be published after 10 days. It is about 3 kingdoms.

Not much is new these days. I’m busy in my work.
Most of the time I am working on apps. sometimes I am also working on servers. I’m a full stack engineer.
the other days I played computer games….nothing else really.… These days I’m playing total war. It’s an interesting game like civilization/it is similar to civilization/ the gameplay looks like/resembles civilization but the way the war is played is different.

Civilization’s war is I click on one of my armies and then I click on the enemy, the war will finish automatically./ In Civilization the war is turn based, you click on a unit then on an enemy and the war starts automatically.
the war in total war is different you need to control your armies, you can put/place/position them in the west and the east and there are different kinds of soldiers/units….

Some units use a horse, there are mounted units. you can make them hide in the forest and when the enemy appears you can ambush them. you can attack the enemy’s back and kill the soldiers with a bow.

Total war covers many time periods. Some of them are like civilization, some like game of throne and the next extension will be published after 10 days/in 10 days/10 days from now. It is about the 3 kingdoms.

Vocabulary

Major time periods:

prehistoric : dinosaurs

ancient: greeks and romans…

middle age: when you had knights and castles….

Modern era: current time period

to resemble: to look like
Tom resembles his dad.

to achieve: to make something come true
I achieve my goal of having a great family.
John never achieved his dream of becoming a singer.

to ambush: attack by surprise
We hid in the forest and ambushed them when they got close.

turn based: people take turns doing something.
Chess is a turn based game. A starts, then B plays, then A plays again and so on….
I went a on road trip with my dad and we took turns driving.

Real time: happening without interruptions.
Total war is a real time strategy game.

automatic/automatically : by itself
The door is automatic. it will open automatically when you get close.

notion : idea/partial knowledge
When I play games I don’t have a notion of time. Sometimes I start in the morning and when I stop it is already dark outside.
Before studying programming I only had basic notions in C++

pve/pvp mode
I prefer to play the pve mode

mounted unit: unit on a horse/animals’ back

bow : a long range weapon using arrows.
I shot a bow last week.

archer : soldier using a bow
Archers are useful to defend the castle

extension : when you add something
the game extension will be released in 10 days.

a patch : a fix
They released a patch to fix the bug.

arm: weapon
firearms(guns) are forbidden on planes.

army: a group of soldiers
I decided to join the army when I was 18.

Grammar

How to use articles
use A/the with nouns:
I go to the hospital tomorrow.
I played a game with Tom, the game was very interesting.

If it is a name do not use a/the
I go to Huashan hospital tomorrow.
I played total war with Tom. The game was very interesting

Talking about something in general:

• using one
  One clicks on a unit and then on an enemy and the war will start automatically
  One can block other’s attacks by clicking the right button
• using you
  You click on a unit and then on an enemy and the war will start automatically
  You can block other’s attacks by clicking the right button