Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Restaurant + menu + cooking methods

I didn’t go to work last three days as my friend was getting through a tough time. So I spent some time with her, I invited her to my home. You know, I was doing a lot of cooking. She is my best friend, we travel together every year, we support each other.

She is doing cosmetics business, and I have a lot of these customers. So sometimes I introduce them to each other. The issues is three of my customers have a crush on her, we often organize some activities, like picnic, swimming, drinking…but, we always have to fix some problems after drinking. She asked me a question yesterday ” How do you handle your relationship with****? Like this guy likes you, you make him frustrated, but he still wants to work with you. I think it’s a very important lesson in my life that I can’t skip.” I said:” I think I also want to say something about Mr zhou, if you really like each other, then I don’t think there is a problem at all, as long as you are happy, I can face the human nature and the underlying spiritual side of things, but if you don’t like him and he is just want to have fun, then I don’t want you to get hurt. when you lose yourself, ask if you have too much desire, when you improve your inner confidence in yourself, you will refuse instead of catering to them, I think this kind of confidence is not how to make men love you, but the confidence of self-respect, and try to reduce the pursuit of material. For me, only self-respect can be loved and respected.

I didn’t go to work for the last three days as my friend was going through a tough time. So I spent some time with her, and I invited her to my home to stay so you know, I was doing a lot of cooking. She is my best friend, we travel together every year, and we support each other.

She is doing / She is in the cosmetics business, and I have a lot of these customers. So sometimes I introduce them to her. The issue is three of my customers have a crush on her, because we often organize some activities, like picnics, swimming, drinking…but, we always have to fix some problems after drinking. She asked me a question yesterday ” How do you handle your relationship with****? Like, this guy likes you, and you make him frustrated / you frustrate him, but he still wants to work with you. I think it’s a very important lesson in my life that I can’t skip.” I said:” I think I also want to say something about Mr zhou, if you really like each other / him, (then) I don’t think there is a problem at all, as long as you are happy. I can face the human nature and the underlying spiritual side of things, but if you don’t like him and he is just wants to have fun, then I don’t want you to get hurt. When you lose yourself, ask if you have too much desire, and when you improve your inner confidence in yourself, you will refuse instead of catering to the man in question. I think this kind of confidence is not how to make men love you, but the confidence of self-respect / loving yourself, and try to reduce the pursuit of material things. For me, only self-respect can be loved and respected.

Vocabulary

warranty – the period of time after you buy something that the company will repair it for free
eg. the warranty period on a new car is between 3-4 years

petrol / gas – the oil we put in cars for fuel

it’s expensive to run / the upkeep is too expensive

social circle / friend circle – the friends in your life / the people in your life

materialistic – adj
eg. Shanghainese girls are more materialistic than other cities

I go through – to experience / try to resolve some difficulty
I get through – to finish going through it

teriaki braised pork with seasonal vegetables

the sth in question = the sth that we’re talking about / that is relevant
eg. is the man in question handsome? = is the man who we’re talking about handsome?

engaging – to hold someone’s attention

Grammar

__SVO______ CONJUNCTION ___SVO______ CONJUNCTION ______SVO______ CONJUNCTION __________

I make you bored = I bore you / I am boring to you

Pronunciation

mature – MA chur / ma CHUWER