Online Class Notes (Tibo)

I went out to eat hotpot with my friends, but it was not really delicious.
Actually I wanted to go to another store to have that but in another store there were too many people so I had to change my choice.

In that day it started at an earlier time so when I turned on the booking page it had already a lot of people waiting for that.

I think I uploaded it twice
I use baidu cloud. If you are the member of it it is very fast.
So sometimes when I have a lot of things to upload I will buy a VIP card.
I know only the members can upload videos so I will wait for several months and when I have enough videos I will buy a VIP cards.

VIP cards for video apps have some very unfriendly rules for their VIPs. For example one person must have one vip account.
If you want to use the card both on your phone and your Ipad you need to have 2 accounts.

During the lockdown I changed my job so I needed to give my colleagues some files but because we were not at the office I couldn’t use the company’s internet and couldn’t use the company’s cloud so I had to upload my file on baidu cloud and it was very large so it took me more than one day and only complete about 1/3 of the file so finally I had to buy a vip card for it.

they don’t want people to share the same account.

I have subscription for my music app and several video apps and zhihu and I also have a taobao subscription so I think I really have a lot of subscriptions.

Actually when I read some books at home I would prefer real books but when I read them on the subway I prefer e-books.
I read on my commute everyday and sometimes I also read before going to bed but not everyday.
I need to change after 30 mins of the first way I need to change my subway so I will read during my first way

I read something for example related to psychology or business and when I am at home or before going to bed I prefer novels.

My work is about consumer insight and operation. Consumer insight have a relationship with behavioral psychology.
Actually these days I read about psychology and the relationship between men and women.

In the most people said they are different but recently according to the books I read, actually men and women are very close. The gap is smaller than some special examples.
It is not that men and women are different. The different within one gender is even bigger.

I just began reading several pages so there is a lot to explore.
It depends on the pages of the book, if the book is just 200/300 pages I can finish it about 1/2 weeks but if it is very thick it may take more time.
Last year I preferred books that were not very thick because I am not so patient to read.

It is is an interesting novel I may finish it in one or two days.

I went out to eat hotpot with my friends, but it was not really delicious. / it wasn’t tasty
Actually I wanted to go to another restaurant to have that / to have hotpot but there were too many people there so I had to change my choice. / we had to go to another restaurant.

On that day it started at an earlier time / the booking page opened earlier than usual so when I opened the booking page there were already already a lot of people waiting. / it was almost fully booked

I think I uploaded it twice
I use baidu cloud. If you are the member it is very fast.
So sometimes when I have a lot of things to upload I will buy a VIP card / I will buy a monthly subscription.
I know only the members can upload videos so I will wait for several months and when I have enough videos I will buy a VIP cards / I will pay for a subscription

VIP cards for video apps have some very unfriendly rules for their VIPs / those platforms have very restrictive rules.
For example one person must have one vip account. / account sharing is not allowed.
If you want to access the account both on your phone and your Ipad you need to have 2 different accounts / you need to pay for 2 subscriptions.

Several years ago account sharing was more common in china, we could buy an account for/at a very low price on Taobao. Like 2/3 rmb for any Chinese app subscription.
I don’t remember when taobao was not allowed to sell such accounts / I don’t remember when Taobao stopped selling accounts

During the lockdown I changed my job so I needed to give/ send to my colleagues some files but because we were not at the office so I couldn’t use the company’s internet and couldn’t use the company’s cloud / company’s server so I had to upload my file on baidu cloud and it was very large so it took me more than one day to only complete/upload about 1/3 of the file so finally I had to buy a vip card for it. / finally I decided to get a subscription.

they don’t want people to share the same account.

I have subscriptions for my music app and several video apps and zhihu and I also have a taobao subscription so I think I really have a lot of subscriptions.

Actually when I read some books at home I prefer real books but when I read them on the subway I prefer e-books.
I read on my commute everyday and sometimes I also read before going to bed but not everyday.

I need to change train after 30 mins  / I need to transfer to another line after 30mins so I only read up to that point / I only read until I have to transfer / until I reach the transfer station.

I read something for example related to psychology or business and when I am at home or before going to bed I prefer novels. / I prefer lighter genres

My work is about consumer insight and operation. Consumer insight have a relationship with behavioral psychology. / consumer insight is closely linked to behavioral psychology
Actually these days I read about psychology and the relationship between men and women.

In the most people said they are different but recently according to the books I read, actually men and women are very close. The gap is smaller than some special examples / the gap is smaller than some specific examples might make you think. / the difference between gender is much narrower than the difference between extremes in one gender.
It is not that men and women are different, the difference within one gender is even bigger.

I just began to read several pages so there is a lot to explore.
It depends on the number of pages of the book, if the book is/has just 200/300 pages I can finish it about 1/2 weeks but if it is very thick it may take more time.
Last year I preferred books that were not very thick because I am not so patient when I  read.
If it is is an interesting novel I may finish it in one or two days.

before I read a book I would check a lot of comments on the internet so if it has a lot of positives comments I would try to go over the initial boringness.
When I read some ebooks I can see their score and make a decision based on that.

I have three targets this year.
Firstly, I want to learn digital illustration. I have learned painting for several years, and I am good at watercolor. This year I want to learn something new.
Secondly, I plan to continue my reading plans in 2022. In 2022, I read about 30 books related to sociology, artist, fictions, etc. In 2023, I plan to read more books related to psychology, which I am very interested in.
Thirdly, I plan to improve my spoken English continually. I expect to improve my spoken English both in business and in daily life.

I have three targets this year.
Firstly, I want to learn digital illustration. I have learned painting for several years, and I am good at watercolor. This year I want to learn something new.
Secondly, I plan to continue my reading plans in 2023. In 2022, I read about 30 books related to sociology, art, fiction, etc. In 2023, I plan to read more books related to psychology, which I am very interested in.
Thirdly, I plan to improve my spoken English continually. I expect to improve my spoken English both in business and in daily life.

Vocabulary

a one way trip/ticket (n) a trip from one place to another place with no plan of coming back
You can buy a one way ticket or a round trip to Germany
I usually buy one way tickets because I like to be flexible with my time.

subscription (n) 订购  / something you pay every month
I bought a Iqiyi subscription because I wanted to watch movies without ads

application / app (n)
I need to download the app on my phone

device (n) ipad / phone / computer
I need a subscription on each device.

to upload (v) to put something on the internet
It takes time to upload videos to the cloud

to download (v) to put something from the internet on your computer/device
I downloaded an old video from my cloud to show it to my friends

to restrict (v) to limit
A company restricts the access to the company’s bank account

restrictive (adj) not allowing many things / limiting
My old phone plan only had 10mb of data, it was very restrictive

restriction (n)
There were many travel restrictions during the Covid pandemic.

server (n) 服务器
We have to be at the office to access the company’s server

Grammar

In + month / season / year
In January
In Summer
In 2023

On + day / date / event
On Monday
On Jan 11
On Christmas day