F2F Class Notes APril 19th (Ben)

Vocabulary

vintage 复古 = old but fashionable, high-class

classy = 得体

• I took my girlfriend to McDonalds for her birthday.
• Keeping it classy, I see.

shared bicycles 共享单车

a power bank 充电宝

Our society is developing with an unprecedented speed, and it’s accelerating and with this kind of speed, there are more cars on the street, which lead our environment worse and worse

But all of a sudden, shared bicycles appeared and it really simplified our lives. This kind of bicycle is suitable for 500 meters or 3 thousand meters, and before that, we chose the taxi or drive, but now we choose ride a bicycle.

It’s good for the environment. Also it has a social efficiency. And we get more time to do other things through using shared bicycle.

But on the other hand it also reflect the people evil. Some people destroy this kind of bicycle for no reason and some people want to occupy them. They take this kind of bicycle to home. And furthermore, because of the fierce competition, more and more bicycles on the street. But I think it’s too much to our city. But I believe if it will be solved after competition is over and I think it’s close to over. And I think our life will be better with shared bicycle in the future.

Edited version

Our society is developing at an unprecedented speed, and it’s accelerating and with this kind of speed, there are more cars on the street, which leads our environment to get worse and worse

But all of a sudden, shared bicycles appeared and it really simplified our lives. This kind of bicycle is suitable for 500 meters or 3 thousand meters.

Before that, we could choose to either take a taxi or drive, but now we can also choose to ride a bicycle.

(It’s suitable for 3-stop-long distances)

On the plus side, it’s good for the environment. Also it has a social efficiency as we now get more time to do other things through the use of shared bicycles.

But on the other hand it also reflects some people’s low morals. Some people destroy this kind of bicycles for no reason and some people even want to appropriate them by taking this kind of bicycles to home.

Furthermore, because of the fierce competition between different bike-sharing companies, more and more bicycles find themselves on the street. But I think it’s too much for our city.

However, I believe it can be solved after competition is over and I think it’s close to being over. And I think our life will be better with shared bicycles in the future.

Correction

Speed : at

I was driving at 50 km/h. – at a high speed –

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lead someone to something / to do

Chairman Mao will lead us to success.

Having a child has led me to be very busy.

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Before, we + PAST

But now, we can

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I like A&B : A&B must both be the same thing (nouns, verbs, etc)

I like shopping and running

I finally chose a Samsung phone and an iWatch.

We could choose a taxi or to drive –> strange –> We would choose to take a taxi or to drive

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through something

The kid kicked a ball through my window.

Through daily sport, you can get fit.

Through using –> Through the use of

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Can you eat that?

No, that’s too much for me. It’s true I’m hungry, but this is a lot for me.

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close to + something

I live close to the train station.

The little girl was really sad, she was close to crying.

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home : no “to” or “at”

I’m at home –> I’m home

I am going to home –> I’m going home

I took a girl back to home –> I took a girl back home

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find oneself = to be somewhere, to make your way somewhere (often unexpectedly or in a new way)

When my bike got stolen, I found myself in a difficult situation.

I got lost in the big city and found myself in a beautiful park.

The children weren’t paying attention and they found themselves in a dark alley.

After 2000, more and more phones found themselves in our pockets.

1. Look at the big picture (society, the economy)

(notes : bad sides = competition to taxis, competition to the bicycle industry)

1. Conclusion = opening (new trends, new challenges)

The bicycle industry which will probably have to centralize, with the emergence of new big players and the death of smaller brands

The soaring success of this industry shows that there was a huge need that wasn’t addressed by traditional marketing for many years.

A possible new market for insurance companies