Online Class Notes (Tibo)

It is fine because the week end the manager didn’t work. / it was alright because managers didn’t come to the office on that day.
In the company we always say “work never ends”

we just over the holiday and come back to work and first week you don’t have the power to deal with all the things.-> The holiday is just over and we just came back to work but in the first week you don’t have the power to deal with all the things.

We don’t have the next holiday, maybe in May. -> there is no holiday until May

they didn’t all back. Because they took some days off -> they haven’t come back yet / they haven’t returned to SH yet.

and someone they went to the other cities they had a trip during the holiday so they didn’t come back. -> Some people travelled to other cities they had a trip during the holiday and they haven’t come back yet

I think we all stayed in China  / I think we only travelled domestically

Some friends went to the Philippines

I never went there -> I have never been there

I saw the photos it is beautiful.

Some days were very cold.
the first day we had dinner at home and we cooked with my parents.
But there were so many people in Shanghai I think because some days we went to the restaurant or shopping mall and the lines were very long.

We had to wait a long time.
in the first 3 days. they close very early.

on the first day I went to the temple. I don’t know why this year so many people were there / I don’t know why so many people visited the temple this year.
I had to wait almost 1h.
And this temple is not very big like jing an temple. / and this is only a small temple.

I prayed for good luck because it is new year beginning day -> it is the first day of the new year .
On the first day I think everything will be better and I will have good luck, everything will be good.

There’s god pray for him to become rich. -> we pray to god to become rich 

I don’t know the real rules about how to do that and I just did it use my way. -> I don’t really know the rules / how you are supposed to do it so I just did it my way

In the temple and you have to light an incense stick
maybe they represent the sky, the world and the people

some buddhas do not have hair. / some buddhas are bald
In China this Buddha makes you happy /this buddha is the god of happiness.

Chinese think the god of happiness will make you didn’t angry easily -> the god of happiness will help you control your temper.
they have different faces, they can bring/give you good luck for everything and the other one brings you wealth. 

Some people will choose the buddha who is the most important in their mind.
Some people told us you’d better visit them one by one so you don’t miss any.

grandson / granddaughter : 孙子 /孙女/外孙女
Usually grandparents take their grandsons and granddaughters to the temple and pray for them to be good students.

Vocabulary

Egypt (n) 埃及
I want to visit Egypt

Egyptian (n/adj)
Bastet is the Egyptian god of cats

bald (adj) 秃头的
Tom was bald at 25

To go bald (v) to lose hair
Tom is going bald because he works too hard

wealth (n) 钱财
Tom is a wealth manager.

temper (n) 脾气
Tom has a bad temper, he easily gets angry

short temper (n) easily get angry / little patience
Be careful Tom has a very short temper so it’s better you do not tell him if there is a small issue.

Lose one’s temper : become angry
My boss lost his temper when he heard the news
I apologize I lost my temper earlier

incense (n) 香
they give you 3 incense stick when you enter the temple

god (n) 神
Some people believe in many gods

Buddha (n)  佛陀
There is a giant statue of Buddha in the temple

to represent (v) 代表
Tom went abroad to represent his company at the car show.
A cross usually represents a hospital

representative (n) 代表/销售代理
If you are interested in our product I will ask a sales representative to have a meeting with you.

to extend (v) to make longer
Tom decided to extend his holiday

Grammar

past simple : to talk about things that are over and happened in the past
I lost my keys (I probably have new one now, I just tell you something)

present perfect : to talk about something that have an impact on the present
I have lost my keys  (I’m in front of the door and I can’t open it)

come : come / came / come

Pronunciation

trip