Online Class Notes (Tibo)

They are 3 friends and neighbors and they grew up together.
It is a little bit like the TV series friends.

I hear so many people told me they like friends and it is very good but I haven’t watched it  / it was recommended by many people but I haven’t watched i

That is the reason why I think it is like friends, this drama time was happened in the 80s in Shanghai
Pudong was a rural place -> This play takes place in Shanghai in the 80s / the setting for this play is Shanghai in the 80s

it developed very quickly
Now Shanghainese prefer the countryside like Chong ming island

Most of the older people want to live in /move to the countryside when they retire.
The most important I think is (the) health.
We want to live very long. / we want to have long lives

I saw the talk show video , I think the American people think Chinese people never die.
They think you will live very long like

Chinese people prefer hot water and western people prefer cold water.

A lot of my friends went to US and they will put on 20kg.
I don’t understand and they told us in the US restaurants coke and the ice creams are free.

US people are very crazy. One of my colleagues is American and he is based in Houston.
If we have a business trip he will buy a pack of coke bottles.

He drinks 2 or 3 and he will take the insulin by himself. / he will inject himself with insulin
I asked to my Chinese colleague I think is he crazy or is he normal

Does he ok, I don’t know. -> Is he ok?

I heard some stories about the bill from the hospitals. It is very expensive. / medical bills in the US go through the roof

I heard some people they don’t pay the bills and if you don’t pay you may get debt forgiveness .

it was 3-4 years ago.

you can hear so many news about the firemen and the ambulances.
You don’t know if it true or false.

I heard jokes about the ambulances like someone has a traffic accident and breaks his arm and has blood on his face but he can’t stand up / he lies on the ground and when he hears the ambulance he stands up.

once we cooked and the kitchen and the living room as full of smoke and I put a glass on the smoke detector to make sure it didn’t trigger/ring

Vocabulary

to trigger (v) 启动/引起
Tom used a lighter to trigger the smoke detector

trigger (n) 扳机
He pressed the trigger and shot Tom

smoke detector / fire alarm (n) sensor to call for help when there is a fire
He triggered the smoke detector with a lighter.

firetruck (n) truck used by firemen
Firetrucks are usually red

to go through the roof (v) to go very high / get very expensive
The price of electricity went through the roof in Europe because of the war with Russia

bill/debt forgiveness : when you forgive a debt and people don;t have to pay it anymore
The president signed a document for debt forgiveness for some students

mental disease (n) problem in the mind
Tom has to take medicine for a mental disease

to take place (v) to happen / occur
The war takes place in Ukraine
The movies takes place in Japan

coke (n) coca cola
I like to drink coke

insulin (n) 胰岛素
He has to get an insulin injection everyday

diabetes (n) 糖尿病
Tom has diabetes

cure all (n) something that can solve all diseases
Hot water is a cure all in China

life expectancy (n) 预期寿命
Life expectancy in China is around 70 years

obesity (n) being very very fat
obesity is a big issue in the US

obese (adj) very very fat
Tom is obese

temple (n) 神殿
I went to the temple to pray

rural (adj) : 农村的 / 田园的
Pudong was a very rural place in the 80s

speed (n)
You cannot drive over the speed limit

childhood friend (n) friend since childhood
Tom is a childhood friend of mine

Pronunciation

nineteen 19
ninety 90