Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Tomorrow the CEO, he will into our office so we got the information that everybody has to stand up to welcome the CEO.

We need to clean up our desks.
He will arrive tonight

He comes from Shenzhen.
They guessed 3 days.

He came before but it is the first time I meet him.
I don’t know his plan.
I hope that

last week end someone got the information they had to do a covid test and stay at home until the results come out.

I am a fake fan, I don’t understand some rules of football but I like to see soccer.

They are very handsome like the models.

This world cup they have more time for matches.

Like 6pm or 3 , 8 pm.
If it is at night like 6 or 8 I can watch the match.

If I have the chance I want to go to the bar at the week end but workdays I don’t know I don’t like I have to sleep.

Do you remember I tell you about one of my colleague she is from HK. Yesterday night she went to the bar and drunk with her friends and they finished at maybe 6am so she put a photos and she didn’t come to work today.

She didn’t say anything but we can saw all the photos and the videos

Today her boss asked where is she? what happened?
Do you guys know some info?

Most of them they at home and watch the matches on TV.

Some people prefer to go to the bars to drink and snacks

Maybe the bars get bigger sales but we don’t buy a new TV for the worldcup.
The world cup never has the Chinese team.

Someone tells me they have some plans, everyone is very rich man.
all we have the dream.

I can’t comment that because China to organize so many like the olympics
Maybe want to show ourselves to all over the world.
We want to show the Chinese culture

we have the most people in the world but we haven’t a team for football.

Tomorrow the CEO will visit our office so we got the information that everybody has to stand up to welcome the CEO.  / We just learned that we will have to clean our desks and stand up tomorrow because the CEO is coming.

We need to clean up our desks.
He will arrive tonight / he flies to SH tonight

He comes from Shenzhen.
They guessed 3 days. / we suppose he will stay 3 days

He came before but it is the first time I meet him. / I have never met him before, it will be the first time.

I don’t know his plan. / -> I don’t know schedule

last week end someone got the information they had to do a covid test and stay at home / and quarantine until the results come out.

I am a fake fan, I don’t understand some rules of football / I don’t really know the rules but I like to watch soccer.

They are very handsome like the models.

This world cup they have more time for matches. / for this world cup matches are spread throughout the day so it is easier to manage the time difference

they have so matches at 6pm or 8 pm and 3am
If it is at night like 6 or 8 I can watch the match.

If I have the chance I want to go to the bar at the week end but  on workdays I don’t like to go out / I prefer to rest because I need to work

Do you remember I told you about one of my colleague she is from HK. Yesterday night she went to the bar and drank with her friends and they finished at maybe 6am so she put/posted some photos and she didn’t come to work today.

She didn’t say anything but we could see all the photos and the videos in her moments

Today her boss asked where is she? what happened?
Do you guys have some info?

Most of them they stay at home and watch the matches on TV.

Some people prefer to go to the bars to drink and eat snacks

Maybe bars get bigger sales but we don’t buy a new TV for the worldcup. / we worldcup will increase the consumption in bars
The world cup never has the Chinese team. / the Chinese team never qualifies to enter the world cup

someone told me they have some princes.
the prince is a very rich man.
we all have the dream.

I can’t comment on that because China organized the olympics so many times  / China organized sport events like the olympics many times
Maybe we want to show ourselves all over the world.
We want to show the Chinese culture

we have the most people in the world / we have the biggest population in the world but we don’t have a good team for football. / but our team is terrible.

Grammar

drink (drink / drank / drunk)
I drank a lot yesterday
she was/got drunk because she drank 10 bottles

difference between see / watch

see: you don’t choose to see something / it just happens 
I saw Tom at the supermarket today
I saw the explosion

watch : you choose to look at something for a long time
I watched a movie
I watched Tom play with the dog

Vocabulary

to sponsor (v/n) 支持/资助 /赞助者
Coca Cola often sponsors the world cup

meme (n) funny internet picture
There is a meme about qatar supporters

to qualify (v) to meet the requirements 具备资格 / 获得参赛资格
The team didn’t qualify for the world cup

consumption (n) 消耗/消费/接受
The consumption of soda is on the rise among young people 

to consume (v) use
Chinese people consume 29.6L or beer per year on average

to suppose (v) guess
I suppose we can go to the airport in 15 mins

t0 quarantine : to isolate / lock down
I had to quarantine for 10 days

polygamy (n) 一夫多妻
Polygamy is allowed in Qatar

monogamy (n) 一夫一妻制  /单一性伴侣制

Pronunciation

prince

plan