Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

She will finally have enough space to run around.
it is far away from the city downtown. / from the city center
It is close to costco.
Maybe 3km far away from Costco -> it is maybe 3km away from Costco

That time I am still doing my job. -> at that time I am still working
it is after my job / I am off work by then.

After a while the content is similar and you get stuck

My reaction and logic will become worse. / get worse

Before our class, maybe 15m I already become a little anxious and I think about what kind of topic I want to talk. ->
Before our class, maybe 15m before, I already started to get a little anxious and I thought about what kind of topic I want to talk about / discuss

I can talk about anything

I am an adult but I still have anxiety for work. / I still feel anxious about work  / I sometimes have an imposter syndrome

Have you ever saw the tv series named fargo -> Have you ever watched the tv series named Fargo

It gives me a little bit sense like Fargo but it is Korean style story. / I reminds me of fargo but it has a Korean style.

She pretends she was graduated from a good uni and married with a politician. -> She pretends she graduated from a good uni and married with a politician

Her husband he also cheats. Her husband did background research on this girl and knows she is a fake.

Korea is under great influence from the US.

Maybe my earphones got paired with another device

Recently our wifi was become slower than before -> our wifi got slower than before

In my apartment there are 68 connected devices.

You get home and your phone or watch gets connected to wifi and it recognizes you are home and the lights turn on.

One thing I bought is the most happiness is curtains 

It is as small as a power bank and we install them on the tracks of the curtains and it can help you to turn on and off the curtains based on the light level -> It is as small as a power bank and we install them on the tracks of the curtains and it can help you to raise or lower curtains based on the light level.

without realizing it I bought a lot of smart devices from Xiaomi
devices from xiaomi are not good communicate with apple -> Xiaomi devices are not really compatible with Apple devices 

One day I got back home and I found 42 sitting in the center of the room she had an angry mood and I found all of my apartment speakers were playing a song.

I checked the security camera and found my cat jumped on the top of the speakers and maybe the paw touched play button.

Back to why the device needs to connect with the wifi and the central control, it is a double failsafe. It still could work without wifi or bluetooth.

you let me remember a famous case / you remind me about a famous case

A lot of people invented this company.
big people joined from coca cola to create something big in fresh juice.

it gave people a great concept, like you wake up, put a bag in the machine and get freshly squeezed fruit juice.

after it was launched, some YouTubers did a test and compared hand squeezing and the machine and the fruit juice was totally the same.
Then they asked why we need to buy a machine.
The company closed quickly.

Chinese people copied this.
The most humorous part is the copier changed the bag to give another concept.

It is so sarcasm -> it is sarcastic.

You can gain successful -> you can become successful / you can gain success 

Vocabulary

Sarcasm (n)
Tom likes to us sarcasm

sarcastic (adj)
His voice was very sarcastic

Bulb (n) light bulb
I bought a smart lightbulb 

Power bank (n)
I use a power bank to charge my phone on the go.

Imposter syndrome (n) Imposter syndrome is loosely defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affects high-achieving people, who find it difficult to accept their accomplishments.

Imposter (n) someone pretending to be someone else
Tom pretended to be a king but he wasn’t. Tom is an imposter 

To comfort (v) 安慰
I comforted her after she failed the test

Stuck between two chairs : come between two alternatives, and so fail to fulfill either of them. fail due to difficulty in choosing between two alternatives.
I feel I’m stuck between two chairs