VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Speaking exercise

Do you know there is many other toys in that store. I have bought many toys. I think this team earns many money from me.
I like this store but I haven’t tried it’s coffee or desert. I have their t-shirt, cup. I is a cartoon shape night light.
I think it is rarely for Chinese. I don’t know anyone around me use this app. We usually use WeChat or qq.

In the past two weeks many teachers go back so I can have a short time for rest. I do not must come here.
I have more time after work so I decided to study something and have an exam. So maybe in dec/nov/oct I think I will prepare for this exam.
Because now I am not sure I can pass the exam so I don’t want others me know. I am afraid of I will fail.

Recently it is very famous about a cat and a mouse and people make a lot of stickers for them in WeChat. In my memory when I was a child I watched this cartoon movie only know they fight each other but recently people like to talk about their friendship. They love each other and never hurt each other. Only for fun.
And they grew with each other
We can make our stickers more beautiful.

In my generation in China. Most of us are alone because of the policy.
both is ok. If I don’t have a brother or sister I can have friends so for me I think it is ok.

If you use line the stickers must use money.


Do you know there are many other toys in that store? I have bought many toys. I think this company earns a lot of money from me.
I like this store but I haven’t tried it’s coffee or desert / I didn’t order anything I just bought a few toys. I have their t-shirt, mug and a cartoon shape night light.

I think it is rare for Chinese people to use Line / Most Chinese people do not use Line.. I don’t know anyone around me who uses this app. We usually use WeChat or qq.

In the past two weeks many teachers went back so I could have a  rest for a short time. I did not have to come here.
I had more time after work so I decided to study something and take an exam. So maybe by the end of the year I think I will prepare for this exam./ take the exam.
Now I am not sure if I can pass the exam so I don’t want others to know about it/I would rather not discuss this.. I am afraid  I will fail.

Recently an old cartoon became popular again  / an old cartoon is very hot on social media
it is very famous, there are 2 characters: a cat and a mouse and people make a lot of stickers about them  / from the cartoon on WeChat. I remember when I was a child I watched this cartoon and they would fight each other all the time but recently people like to talk about their friendship. They love each other and never hurt each other. they fight only for fun.
And they grew up with each other
We can make our stickers more beautiful.

In my generation in China. Most of us are alone because of the policy.
both are ok. If I don’t have a brother or sister I can have friends so for me I think it is ok.

When I was a student I only used QQ because at that time most of us used QQ. WeChat was too young.
Many companies do not give a camera nor a microphone at work. They only give you a screen / a desktop computer with a screen.. They only have a screen.
The idea of the designer for wechat is to design it simply. / to keep it simple

I think at that time / at the time it was because we didn’t have enough energy/food to feed lots of people but I know people then didn’t  like this policy.
I don’t like children I don’t want any. Many of my colleagues had their second baby in the recent years/ in the last few years right after the policy. they prepared and had one.
I think children are very noisy and I must spend a lot of my time/I would need to spend a lot of time  to take care of them.

Now my pressure is to find a boyfriend/ is on finding a boyfriend,. I didn’t  come/get to that step yet but I know after I get married it will become a new kind of stress..
because I know if children go to school it is very expensive and on  the weekend I must take them to study other things.
If don’t do this it’s not good for the kid. / the kid will not be competitive.
I have a colleague he has 2 kids and on weekend he doesn’t  have any free time.  In the Morning he goes  to on place and in the afternoon another place. He goes to 3 places in one day. .So he can’t leave because it only lasts maybe 2 hours and I think children also feel tired.

I don’t like this because my computer is my own.  I have a laptop but now I only use it for work on weekends. I don’t use my laptop for fun.

If you use line , do you need to buy the stickers?

I prefer to go to the cinema. It gives me a better feeling. Many things are better.

Vocabulary

tablet (iPad like device)
I have a tablet for movies.

desktop (big computer)
I use a desktop computer at work

laptop(small computer)
I have a laptop for work.

Bring your own device policy:  when you have to bring your own phone/computer to work.

to take care of : to make sure someone is ok
I asked my friend to take care of my cat while I travel

one child policy : policy that let family have only 1 child.
I do not have any brother or sister because of the one child policy.

to be hot (on the internet) 火🔥
This song is hot right now.

to take an exam (try)
I took the TOEFL but I got a bad score.

to pass an exam (succeed)
I passed the exam to become a Chinese teacher.

screen 屏幕
I like to watch movies on a big screen

camera : device to take pictures
I took a camera with me on the trip.

microphone: device to record sound.
The Microphone in the KTV was broken.

generation: group of people having a same age.
People from my generation prefer to use WeChat.

pressure : stress
I have a lot of pressure recently. I want to relax.

manga 动漫
I like manga characters.

stickers  : big emotions
When we use WeChat we really like to fight with stickers. / to have a sticker fight.

cooperations : working together>
The stickers were a cooperation between line and Disney.

To cooperate: work together

mug : big cup
I bought a mug with a bear on it.

character : people in a movie/book/play….
I really like this cartoon character.

rarely : not often
I rarely go to the cinema.

Grammar

money is uncountable -> use much

express obligation : must / have to/need to
I must finish this report before Monday.
I have to finish this report before Monday.
I need to finish this report before Monday.

Lack of obligation:
I don’t have to finish this report before Monday.
I don’t need to finish this report before Monday.

afraid of:
I am afraid of spiders
I am afraid of failing.

would in the past to show habit:
I remember we would have a big dinner every year for Christmas. My mother would cook and my father would……

conditional: Use this to express a hypothesis / dream
If won the lottery I would buy 10 houses in Shanghai.
If I were a man, I would try to join the army.
If I passed the exam I would have a vacation.