VIP Class Notes (Tibo) (S+R)

discussed various topics in the news

they can cultivate beef in the lab , they can plant meat. -> Cloning?
That is really environmental friendly movement. -> an environmentally friendly movement

they can genetically modification something like that. -> they can genetically modify

it is innovated -> it is innovative (adj)

I am super careless -> I don’t take it too seriously 

the cancer is not exactly a bad meat is it just excessively produced cells. -> you won’t catch cancer by eating a cow which has cancer.

for most Chinese people’s perspective it is protecting yourself from getting infected. -> from most

it is not someone really sick to put on mask it is to protect himself. we built this mindset during the crisis. -> the ones putting on masks are not necessarily  sick

cremation is more saving the place -> cremation saves space. We don’t have enough land for cemeteries

the credit card system is first invented in the western world and china skipped that part . we went directly to the cashless world – > it was first invented  in the western world and china leapfrogged directly to a cashless society t

I would be super stressful -> I would be super stressed

Vocabulary

to leapfrog (v): to jump over certain steps
China leapfrogged the whole credit card system and became a cashless society.

false sense of security (n) : impression to be safe while you are not.
firefighters who went to Chernobyl had a false sense of security because they were wearing protective boots

musical chair (n) : game in which when the music stops you need to sit on a chair but there are less chairs than participants
He lost in the musical chairs game

first mover advantage : being the first one to do something
Paypal had a first mover’s advantage because for a long time they were the only one offering this service

cryptocurrency (n) : bitcoin and other similar currencies

encryption (n) : password protected
There is an encryption on the file

to inflate (v) : to fill in with air / make bigger (than it actually is)
I need to inflate the tires of my bicycle
Luckin coffee inflated their numbers to appear successful

inflation (n) : global increase of prices
Inflation is about 4% per year.

trajectory (n) : path taken by an object in the air
We had to modify the trajectory of the rocket to have a safe landing

to clone (v) : copy a living thing
We cloned Joanna because she is an awesome student