Online Class Notes (Tibo)

My parents in law have been in lockdown.
They started quarantine on 4 days ago -> they started quarantine 4 days ago.

They had targeted lockdowns in Puxi

They found 3 cases from their building so they were in lockdown.

The day before yesterday I delivered some vegetables to them.
Today is my mother in law’s birthday so she bought some coffee and bread for her.

In normal time today we will gather and choose a restaurant -> normally we would gather and choose a restaurant

You can imagine a situation which is the capability of the government is not enough.
The government doesn’t have enough capability to deliver veggies on time for everyone
-> the government is not capable enough to deliver veggies on time to everyone

Every family has a different situation. I prefer to make some preparations.

I am a little uncomfortable.

No one would like to put themselves in a limited space. the feeling is like going to jail.
Finally the whole family stays with you and you can work so if the time is not too long I think it is ok. / if it doesn’t last too long it is ok

Before they had too many cases and had to lockdown for a long time… the feeling was really bad.

Some old communities. There are many elderlies and they chose to gather together and they are not focused on various problems.
They are a bit irresponsible/ they are not responsible enough.

People who live in new communities are younger and more careful.
Most of young people choose to be careful but people in retirement they don’t care about the environment.
If one day they get the virus / they get infected.

I have a joke with my wife. If one day we go to retirement I think we won’t choose a similar way to have fun like people who are retired today .

People dance in the square or travel to go to different places.
I feel it is not interesting.
Just close friends go to the restaurant and have a trip maybe.

I can use a movie’s name, King Richard.
It is really good. People need to do a lot of things for the future.
They need to plan ahead . They need to plan for different stages of life.

If you focus on a direction even if you start from a lower level if you keep focusing and do a lot of things I really believe in one decade or 2 you will get a better life. / you will improve your position.

When he went to Shanghai he didn’t have a high education / a good degree.
He found a basic job and one day he got in my uncle’s company to learn how to work at a basic level and the salary was lower.
He faced a lot of punishment but he had a target / goal.
He said I want to be a successful person.
When my Uncle talks about something like this he is proud of him.

He can choose a different life in retirement.
When he was young he didn’t waste time. I want to use this example to prove my idea.

I just focus on the job and how to improve myself.

In different country they can provide good conditions for retirement but in China resources are limited / in other countries the retirement is higher.
No one can promise you you just go to retirement and don’t worry about savings. -> you shouldn’t trust anyone for your retirement 

Vocabulary

pension (n) money you get every month / quarter when you are retired
Living on government pension is really hard

lockdown (n) quarantine
My parents in law are already in lockdown

capability (n)
Their capability is too low

capable (adj)
They are not capable enough

Grammar

using an adjective + enough to express a limit or a capability
The plane is not fast enough to go from SH to NYC in 5h = too slow

Tom is strong enough to carry this heavy bag

The factory isn’t capable (adj) enough for the customer

The supermarket is not varied enough for consumers