F2F Class Notes 4th September (Ben)

My landlord asked me to teach his girl English.

Teaching children is tiring.

After a few minutes, she had forgotten.

for free

a coincidence 巧合

He happened to see me while I was studying English.

happen to 会强调巧合

It’s very challenging = 挑战性的

体会 I understand

Can I ask you a personal question?

I had some savings. 储蓄

I wanted to make use of my free time.

Renting a house

rent / rented / rented

I have rented a house before but I don’t rent one now.

I rent a 3-bedroom apartment.

Whose house is it? How is this possible?

He wanted to find familiar people to live with. He chose me and he gave me a low price.

rent 租金

utilities = water, electricity, gas

I pay 600 yuans a month including utilities. It’s a steal !

choose / chose / chosen

虚拟条件式的情况：用过去式 + would/could/should

If I didn’t live with them, I would pay more than 1,000 yuan a month.

If I paid 1,000 yuan a month, I would have a lower budget for other things.

I rent the whole apartment and sublet 2 bedrooms to other people.

Perhaps the majority of people like me,we have a common thought ,which is that we can satisfy our desires when we have enough money!Actually,the results are not so same as our expects.
During my university,I wanted buy a Giant bicycle，but it would cost me nealy three thousands yuan,if I bought it,I had to asked my parents to help me to pay it. After thinking over it,I gave up it. Now, I can totally afford it,however I don’t have enough time and energy to bicycle.
Simiarly, I wanted to get driver’s license in my spare time when I was junior,but I need to pay four thousands yuan for tuition fee,I could not afford it by myself. I was going to get it when I could earn money. Unfortunately,at the begining of work,my salary was 3500yuan per month,the tuition fee was 5000yuan,when my salary added up to 6000yuan per month,the tuition fee also increased to 8500yuan.
In the rapid development of modern society, mabey we can try to overconsume under our ability,because consume desire and the ability to make money always complement each other.Life is too short to even care at all.—

Perhaps the majority of people like me has a common thought, which is that we can satisfy our desires when we have enough money! Actually, the results are not the same as our expectations.
During university, I wanted buy a Giant bicycle, but it would have cost me nearly three thousand yuan if I had bought it. I had to ask my parents to help me pay for it. After thinking it over, I gave it up. Now, I can totally afford it, however, I don’t have enough time and energy to cycle.
Similarly, I wanted to get my driver’s license in my spare time when I was a junior, but I needed to pay four thousand yuan for tuition fees and I could not afford it by myself. I was planning to get it when I could earn money.

Unfortunately, when I started working, my salary was 3500 yuan per month and the tuition fees were 5000 yuan. When my salary got raised to 6000yuan per month, the tuition fees also increased to 8500 yuan.
In the rapid development of modern society, maybe we could try to consume less than we think we need, because the desire to consume and the ability to make money always complement each other. Life is too short to even care at all.