F2F Class Notes (Vicki)

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I always tell people the reasons that I left Taiwan are because of my dream to work abroad, salary, weather and cockroaches. Same are the reasons I love about Shanghai.

Compare to Taiwan, the weather is not so humid wet and rainy in Shanghai. I can’t bear any seconds to walk outside in summer in Taiwan, it’s just like in a sauna. And in summer, there are a lot of crazy huge cockroaches haunting around when the night comes, even some can fly. They’re completely living weapons, I’ve died thousands times in those years.

However, seasons in Shanghai are more obvious and safer, in addition, I love plane trees a lot, which you can see on both sides of the streets in French concession. And there are many old houses that combine with Chinese and western styles, they are called “Lao yang fang”, it means old bungalow.I usually go to the area to have a cup of coffee or just walk around and enjoy the vibe there.
Besides, there are many people from different countries that makes this city so international and interesting. I have more possibilities to experience something that I‘ve never known before.

In Taiwan, I lived with my mom and my sister, there seemed to have no reason to move out and live alone, because the salary wasn’t good on in average in the island Country. It’s totally different from the life in Shanghai, I really enjoy living alone and the income is more reasonable than my hometown. I feel that I’m a totally independent individual and my life is so balanced now. I can even get savings which wasn’t so easy to have before I came to work here.

There are still some reasons, like the roads here are much wider, shared bikes are everywhere that is so convenient and didi taxis are cheap and so on.

Anyway, except for Shanghai, I don’t want to move to any other cities in China

Grammar

articles for noun: a/an; the; plural 
a/an -> to specify that it is one
the -> to specify its special
plural (+s) -> many

Vocabulary

rash – 红疹

fuzz – 毛絮

decent – good enough
i.e. Do I look decent to meet your parents?
i.e. She is a decent person, you can trust her.
i.e. The food here is decent but nothing special.

concentration camp – 集中营

subordinate – 下属