Online Class Notes (Tibo)

He performs and hosts during a class.

It practices your Chinese and your performance when you stand in front of a lot of audience / it is to practice public speaking and confidence in front of a large audience

he has some talents in performance.
They had drama classes and the teacher said he was the only one who could use different voices and gestures  / body language to narrate the story.
He is not shy

He doesn’t like to study.

He knows this is a class, if it is a class he will never like it / he hates classes / as long as it is a class he won’t like it

He is quite good at go / the game of go
He could beat competitors in primary school.
Now he is 6

she said in the coming labour day holiday/break

when they go out to play he brings his go board.

The competition is fierce between kids.

The gap between rich people and poor people is even deeper.

If you are not rich maybe for the coming generation will have to live a worse life.
For those middle class families , you can never keep your middle class -> you cannot keep the middle class status  / remain middle class

we have the thinking that it is a better thing to work in an office and it isn’t a good thing to work in the manufacturing industry. / people tend to value white collar jobs more than blue collar jobs.

if you graduate from Uni you will think I studied and I want to find a better job.

they hope to upgrade to rich -> they hope to climb the ladder and become rich.

there is no way for poor people to climb the ladder / become middle class 

The government encourages people to go to work without university degrees.
They hope you can do technical work / go to vocational school

I hope I am not in the rich group and not in the poor group. I hope I can keep the middle class. / I don’t aspire to be rich I just want to remain middle class.

If you compare with those people who are better you are not as good as them but you are better than those below you. You should be satisfied with your current status.

If you accept a high pay job you need to contribute a lot and absorb in the job / fully dedicate yourself to the job.

It is enough to have a middle level life / to have comfortable life.

People who always want to climb the ladder they will live very hard. -> have a hard life / work very hard
Maybe one day they will success -> become successful / succeed .

It is expending but it will stop sooner or later.
A lot of my friends they don’t go to work and take care of the kids.
Most of them their families are rich or their husbands earn a lot.
I think we can reach middle class but if I don’t go to work anymore we will fall into a lower class / lose this middle class status

Recently I am considering not going to work anymore / going on a sabbatical / retiring early
Maybe I will stop in the coming 10 years / I will retire early
Our parents will get older and we need to take care of them

they have enough pension -> their pension is enough
When that day comes our life is ok but I don’t think we will remain in the middle class.

More and more people will have the same situation.
For younger people they don’t plan to get married, they will live happily but most use their money out every month / they don’t save anything / fully spend their money.

He needs to live with his hands -> he needs to ensure his own success

When we were locked down, people lost their jobs. If before they used all of their money then they would realize it is important to have savings.
For poor people it is not an easy thing to have savings.

I track my budget and when I see the number is increasing I am happy.

He would always cry when he had swimming classes but that day he didn’t.
He had the feeling of hungry -> he had the feeling of hunger / he was hungry

he has the sense to do his homework but if he has enough money still he will stop.

Vocabulary

sabbatical : time not working
I am considering going on a sabbatical year

frugal (adj) not spending a lot of money
Tom is very frugal

pension (n)  money you get after retirement
The state gives him a pension at the beginning of each month

pension scheme : pension plan
He designed to join a pension scheme

climb the ladder : move to a higher social class / status / professional position
I really hope he can climb the ladder

vocational school (n) more technical training for people wanting to do a specific job
Instead of going to university he went to vocational school and became a plumber

go (game)
He learned go very young

drama class (n) class teaching you how to perform
He enjoys drama classes

Pronunciation

extracurricular activities

matches (n)

Pronunciation

pension

passion