Online Class Notes (Tibo)

focus on inflation and the economy

check the article about US CPI and write your thoughts ttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-13/us-inflation-accelerates-to-9-1-once-again-exceeding-forecasts

Recently the weather is abnormal it is too hot than last year -> recently the weather is too hot. / it is hotter than last year 

In the past 149y SH only had 49 days with a temperature over 40 / over the past 149y the temperature in SH only crossed 40 49 times

All of my work is finished online. -> I do all my work online.

Even at night the temperature is over 35.

it is the intense heat of summer.

It has been long time to see you. -> I haven’t seen you for a long time

because of the pandemic I delayed my plan to get a driving license.

Let me tell you a tip. / give you a tip

Some driving schools they have the right to take the exam. If you choose this kind of school maybe you will get a higher score.

The temperature may have different unit / the way the temperature is calculated is different

some of the driving schools take the students to their driving circuit

I don’t have enough time to study so I need to finish my other plans so that is why I delayed the plan to study driving. / I delayed my driving lessons.

Maybe after national day I will go to the driving school to learn.
I want to do everything at once.

I think many people they want to get the license fast. I think the driving license and driving exam are just like an industry in China. 

They just want to get that license and the school wants to make money. I don’t think it is a practical progress for anyone.

I think they just need a certification and they don’t care if you learn the skills in depth.

It just took her 10 days to get the driving license so I think it is too fast and she didn’t have enough time to learn the skills. Many of my friends got the driving license very fast.
In the past some students they even used bribes

Driving schools in China are a profitable business.
It has a grey zone. / it operates in a grey zone

I’ll cancel my plan to go abroad.
Flying back to China from France is very expensive.

In China we prefer to use the total retail sale to weigh the consumer confidence in the society.
Especially in the commercial field.

We saw in the past 2 years the total retail sales declined at least by 10%.
I think it is a big recession. Because of the pandemic in the past few months the total retail sales has experienced a tumble.

Consumer confidence is repressed.
Some officials felt disappointed with the whole economy state in China.
We are waiting for the congress in October but we don’t know wether it may change the pandemic prevention policy.

We all know Xi will continue his tenure so it is hard to say… the future is full of uncertainty. That hurts the consumer confidence.

Vocabulary

To perceive (v) to notice / realize / be conscious
I could perceive that Tom was really tired when I talked to him on the phone
We are not able to perceive UV light with our eyes, we have to use special tools.

Perception (n)
Some animals have no perception of the color green

Circuit (n) place where cars drive
The circuit for F1 is really impressive 

To bribe (v) give money/gift for a service
He bribed the inspector to get the driving license.

bribe (n) money or gift given for a service
I gave a bribe to the officer to avoid going to prison 

CPI  (Consumer Price Index) : measure of inflation
Based on the CPI data prices went up by 9.1% compared to last year 

Consumer confidence : measurement confidence people have in the future and if they are willing to spend or not
When consumer confidence is low people prefer to save money 

Grammar

Everyone is mostly used in a sentence without a negation
Everyone will get a gift
everyone has to work work 

Anyone is mostly used in a sentence with a negation
It will not help anyone
I didn’t talk to anyone for 3 days