F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

I have to move my house from 1st floor to the second floor because I am decorating so I rent the first floor.

people’s living standard is up so in SH people ask decoration companies to use foreign paint.
Because they want to live a better life.
You can move to the house right away. It is no big deal but still costs a lot of money.
The cost of living in SH is high so if you call somebody to paint your house or to furnish the room there will be a high cost.

in average inSH according to the market price it will 400K

you have to change your lifestyle in a particular field.
you used to read books and now you can’t focus.

I don’t feel western companies have this kind of summer vacation.
in big Japanese companies you have the whole week.

it is usual to use 5-6 days in a row and use Saturday and Sunday.
A lot of Japanese company employees do not have higher salaries but the perks balance that.

in my image every westerner will spend a long holiday before xmas.
I have a friend in Microsoft and he usually takes half a month before Xmas and if his boss will go back to America in the beginning of December.

if I were the tax payer I would damn the Biden administration.

at least he can judge the situation.
Americans think Afghanistan are so lazy so I provide weapons to you and protection but you can’t fight for yourself then why should I protect you. guys.
the Taliban only have 70k troops.
I think Biden is so dumb. Trumps office issued an official statement to call for the resignation

Poor Americans. their reputation and their image used to be America is superman and now it is ruined.
And now Taiwanese in the opposition teased America . you cant protect Afghanistan then you can’t protect Taiwan either but it is a different matter.
Taliban are crueler than CCP.

Japanese is an interesting creature. They are not like traditional asians. They are asians from the appearance so they can accept prenup.

If the husband is an expat his wife will ask to make a prenup because you are oversea all the time so I don’t know if you will find another one.

They can intervene the Afghanistan politics and say we have an agreement.

we are experience unrestricted war 

everyone don’t want to take responsibility -> no one wants to take responsibility

I have to move my house from the 1st floor to the second floor because I am decorating so I rent the first floor.

people’s living standard is up ／ has increased  so in SH people ask decoration companies to use foreign paint. / high quality paint
Because they want to live a better life.
You can move to the house right away. It is no big deal but still costs a lot of money.
The cost of living in SH is high so if you call somebody to paint your house / if you find a paint company  or to furnish the room there will be a high cost.

in average in SH according to the market price it will 400K

you have to change your lifestyle in a particular field.
you used to read books and now you can’t focus because the environment has changed. / the environment change will disturb your lifestyle

I don’t feel western companies have this kind of summer vacation.
in big Japanese companies you have a whole week.

it is usual to use 5-6 days in a row and use Saturday and Sunday. / and add the weekend
A lot of Japanese company employees do not have higher salaries but the perks balance that. / the salary is average but they have a lot of perks.

in my image every westerner will spend a long holiday before xmas.  / take a long holiday
I have a friend in Microsoft and he usually takes half a month before Xmas and if his boss will go back to America in the beginning of December.

if I were a tax payer I would damn/blame the Biden administration.

at least he can judge the situation.
Americans think Afghans are so lazy so I provide weapons to you and protection but you can’t fight for yourself then why should I protect you. guys.
the Taliban only have 70k troops.
I think Biden is so dumb. Trumps office issued an official statement to call for the resignation

Poor Americans. their reputation and their image used to be America is superman and now it is ruined. / America used to be seen as the policeman of the world / as the defender of justice and now it is ruined.

And now Taiwanese in the opposition teased America . you can’t protect Afghanistan then you can’t protect Taiwan either but it is a different matter.
Taliban are crueler than CCP.

the Japanese are interesting creatures. They are not like traditional asians. They are asians from the appearance so they can accept prenups.

If the husband is an expat his wife will ask to sign a prenup because you are oversea all the time so I don’t know if you will find another one. / the afraid is afraid of infidelity

They can intervene in the Afghan politics and say we have an agreement.

we are experiencing an unrestricted war 

no one wants to take responsibility

Grammar

when a negative general statement use No one:
No one wants to work for nothing

Vocabulary

Afghan (n) people from Afghanistan
many Afghans tried to flee at the airport

bureaucratic / red tape  (adj)
There is so much red tape around getting authorization for a vaccine.

bureaucratic (adj)
The country is so bureaucratic
bureaucracy (n)
People argue there is not bureaucracy in communism.

drone (n) 无人机
They use a drone to take aerial pictures.

to invade (v) to go into a country to take control
The Taliban invaded the city

invasion (n)
We have to fight the invasion.

mistress (n) a female lover for a married man
His wife discovered he had a mistress

adultery / infidelity (n) 通奸
She sued him for adultery

prenup / prenuptial agreement (n) marriage contract
signing a prenup is not common in Asia.

proxy war (n) when you don’t fight directly but you back 2 sides fighting
There were many proxy wars during the Cold War

cruel (adj) 残忍的/残酷的
Tom is cruel with animals ..

cruelty (n)

opposition (n)  party not in power
the opposition criticized Biden

to slack (v) : to show laziness
Tom is slacking, he is playing games at work

Pronunciation

perks (n)