Online Class Notes (Tibo)

For now I didn’t have quarantine and other issues but too many people got quarantined and can’t go to the company to do their job. -> For now I don’t have to quarantine and other issues but too many people got quarantined and can’t go to the company to do their job.  / can’t go to work

Actually there are some people who got quarantined in their location -> at home / in their community
If someone lives in a community and the community asks them need stay at home for 7 days …  -> some communities require them  / force them to stay home for 7 days

There are a total of 4 staff members who stay at home.
They can do a lot of things from their home, online meetings and use cellphones to contact suppliers… it is just like a feeling of no freedom and people can’t buy a lot of things easily.  / people feel less free and it is harder to buy groceries

I also bought a lot of vegetables yesterday for my family.
If someone like me can live a normal live it is lucky. -> I feel lucky to have a normal live (right now)

Many friends are in quarantine.

When people feel the situation is hard…. maybe 2 weeks ago.
-> the situation got worse 2 weeks ago.

a key thing which was Huating hotel in Xuhui district. They said too many cases come from this place and the government lost control over there and the omicron started to spread. -> The huating hotel was a milestone in the epidemic 

it is more serious than in 2020 / it is more severe than in 2020

in 2020 the government announced to people they had take care to protect themselves but this time the control was delayed. -> in 2020 the government reacted faster to control the situation but this time they reacted late.

Too many cases were found and then they closed the community.

they thought the situation is not serious so let them to observe. ->
They wanted to wait and see how the situation would evolve. / they wanted to wait and see how the situation would progress

Maybe they thought it would become better/ get better but it was different

Why will you stay in Shanxi ? / Why do you have to stay in Shanxi?

so many people want to come to China but they don’t have a visa or don’t get the chance.

some colleagues try to develop new clients. They can’t contact SH customers so they contact GZ or BJ. They said there is no way to contact them / to reach them because they are in quarantine.

too many lose -> they lose too much / they have a huge loss

Vocabulary

to reach (v) to get in touch with
I tried to reach my boss on his phone but he didn’t pick up

to evolve (v) : develop gradually / progress
Our business evolved from manufacturing to designing

to work remotely (v) work from far away / work on the internet
Most people who have an office job can work remotely.

remotely (adv) away from the usual place
Thanks to the internet we can work remotely

wait and see : when you don’t want to act now and prefer to wait to see how things progress
Let’s wait and see we do not want to make a mistake by acting too quickly

milestone (n) a major moment in time / action or event which really changed a situation
One of the milestone of the Covid epidemic in SH was the Huating hotel announcement

to spread (v) extend / reach more places or people
Omicron spreads very easily

to be in quarantine / to be quarantined
Many friends are in quarantine / many friends are quarantined

to lose (v)
The company is losing money during the quarantine

loss (n)
We have a money loss during the quarantine

to suffer (v) to have (for something bad like a disease)
I suffer from covid
The company suffered a money loss