Online Class Notes (Tibo)

I am just so busy with my apartment renovation.

we broke the floor heating when we did the renovation so the floor heating is a floor pipe under the floor, between the wooden floor and concrete so it was a big trouble but we fixed that in the past 5 days we are totally much more tired than during the working days. / it was more exhausting than working

We had to remove part of the floor to look for which part we broke then we had to book some parts

we needed some kind of adapter.

You need to book them from Japan or Germany. Luckily we found 1 in SH so we stopped the leak

The pipe bursted.
It is not kind of my familiar job. It is the workers job. I have no knowledge about this -> I’m not familiar with construction. Workers take care of it

when you log in you need turn on the VPN and then you need to turn off the VPN after you are in. -> you (only) need the VPN to log in and then you can turn it off.

In China there is one department named the holiday organization and all the people phone/call/contact this department and are working on the holiday design so they collect public opinions and then according to some plans they create the holiday calendar for the year.

Most of people in China feel confused about the holiday.
Not only about the dates but also about how to take days off.
We also feel tired about long time working. -> long working weeks 
For example after the national holiday you need to work more than 7 days.

for every 200 spent you get 20 off /
you save 10% for every CNY200 spent /
every time you spend CNY200 you can save CNY20

Holidays have a similar concept. / holidays follow a similar concept

3 of my friends went to 3 different places in China.
Now they cannot go back to SH. All of them are stuck there.
Inner Mongolia has 600 people infected and cities are locked down.
Another one is in Sichuan and I saw nice pictures and now all the people are in the train station and the city suddenly locked down.

I am going to Hangzhou at monday -> on Monday

Vocabulary

go on strike (v) to protest
The factory workers went on strike to ask for higher salaries

coverage (n) how media deal with news / report news
The coverage of the Russia – Ukraine war is mostly pro Ukrainian in the west

to cover (v) to include in the plan (insurance)
My car insurance covers all kinds of accidents

to leak (v) to lose content / to expose information
The pipe is leaking
Tom leaked some secret documents to the press

leak (n)
The police is investigating the leak

war zone (n)a place where war happens
My room is so messy, it looks like a war zone

burst (v) break suddenly and spill the content violently
The container burst open due to the pressure

in between : in a state of change
I am in between right now, I left my previous job but haven’t started the new one.

sticky (adj) character, always wanting to be with you
My cat is very sticky, it always likes to stay with me.

between : location
The store is between the train station and the police station

indigenous (adj)  native
I like Australian indigenous art

indigene (n) an indigenous person

Pronunciation

mode (n) a certain set up
I use my phone airplane mode when I travel

model (n) someone wearing clothes / a certain type
I bought a Tesla model Y

Grammar

on for a day

On Monday
On June 14th
On Christmas day

at for a time
At lunch
at 5pm