Online Class Notes (Tibo)

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I take one day off from my annual leave.
I have another class for

you standing in the plate and you control the plate to play with this pate
I am just a new beginner. I think this activity is popular in shanghai recently.

It is nearly 500 for nearly 1h.

Maybe somebody thinks playing skateboard on the street is strange and now it is popular and fancy.

maybe because of celebrity or KOL. They play the skateboard and record videos and publish this video on some social media such as tik tok and then this activity become very popular.

Maybe after today’s class I can ask my teacher and he can give me the answer.
He said he had 9y experience for teaching the skateboard.

From what I know I think it is more boys than girls.
My boss told me most of them are gay.

I think only very popular in SH or BJ. I don’t think there are a lot of people know this activity in some tier 2 or tier 3 cities.

Maybe my hometown Wuhan, I talked with my girlfriend and they don’t find it interesting.

For boys it is basketball and for girls maybe just running. Maybe for those older generations table tennis.

Maybe because it is not fancy like basket ball. If a guy he plays basketball he can show his muscles and good shape body but ping pong is not so fancy.

I think men dream about basketball and football.
Those sports have long history and another reason because those 2 activities are mature in western countries. They have clubs so a lot of young teenagers follow the clubs and watch the match. Maybe they are affected by the culture.

The shape of culture needs time. Those 2 sports start from 19 century. It have longer history. Even you see we don;t have table tennis clubs or table tennis matches in China.

I think young teenagers they are crazy about the e-sports. Men and boys. They watch the matches and even support those players.
Even those players become the celebrities they can represent deals and get advertising deals.
Some mainstream brands like clothes and cosmetics.

Maybe those game players can represent some emotions such as they never give up and are competitive which have connections with those young teenagers.

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I took one day off from my annual leave.
I have another skateboarding class

You stand on a skateboard and you control it to move around
I am just a beginner. I think this activity is popular in Shanghai recently.

It is nearly 500 for 1h.

Maybe in the past some people thought skateboarding on the street was strange and now it is popular and fancy. / it is all the rage

maybe because of celebrity or KOLs. They skateboard and record videos and publish these video on some social media such as tik tok and then this activity became very popular.

Maybe after today’s class I can ask my teacher and he can give me the answer. / give me some clues.
He said he had 9y experience for teaching the skateboard.

From what I know I think it is more boys than girls. / it is more popular among boys than girls
My boss told me most of them are gay.

I think it is only very popular in SH or BJ. I don’t think there are a lot of people who know this activity in some tier 2 or tier 3 cities. / in lower tier cities.

For example my hometown is Wuhan, I talked with my Wuhan friends and they don’t find it interesting.

For boys it is basketball and for girls maybe just running. Maybe for those older generations table tennis.

Maybe because it is not fancy like basket ball / it is not as fancy as basketball.
If a guy plays basketball he can show his muscles and good body shape but ping pong is not so fancy.

I think basketball and football are mainstream
Those sports have long history and another reason is those 2 activities are mature in western countries. They have clubs so a lot of young teenagers follow the clubs and watch the matches. Maybe they are affected by the culture. / they absorb the culture

The development of culture needs/takes time. Those 2 sports started from the 19 century. They have longer history.

On the other hand we don’t have so many table tennis clubs or table tennis matches in China.

I think young teenagers are crazy about the e-sports. Men and boys. They watch the matches and even support those players.
Those players can even become celebrities they can represent brands and get advertising deals.
Some represent mainstream brands like clothes and cosmetics.

Maybe those game players can convey some emotions such as they never give up / persistency and are competitive and young teenagers recognize themselves in those. / And young teenagers identify with those players

Vocabulary

to identify with (v) to feel a connection so that you feel it could be you / you can relate
TV ads are usually not the same depending on the country you live in because Asian people do not identify with western actors

persistent (adj) 坚持不懈的
You need to be persistent to lose weight

persistency (n)
Persistency will lead to success

resilience (n) 适应能力
We had to show resilience during lockdowns

resilient (adj)
The shanghai population is very resilient

to convey (v) to communicate / share a feeling
The music conveys a lot of sadness

to be all the rage : very trendy / popular
Skateboarding is all the rage in SH now

mainstream (n) very common / very well accepted
Jeans are very mainstream

alternative (adj) not common / not mainstream
She has a very alternative style, she likes to wear gothic clothes

table tennis = ping pong
Tom likes to watch table tennis matches

nightmare (n) a very bad dream
I had a nightmare and woke up
The lockdown was a nightmare

skateboard (n/v)滑板
I bought a skateboard
I skateboard after school

skateboarding (n)
I like skateboarding