Online Class Notes (Tibo)

recently we don’t have a lot of projects running.
I can have work life balance. / I feel I have more time for myself
I learn new skills like tennis. / I decided to pick up tennis
I am just at a beginning level. / I am just a beginner
I only take 3 lessons right now. -> I have only taken 3 lessons / I only took 3 lessons.
I am learning the basic actions and how to play and basic skills.

It is a good way to release stress.
If you play ping pong you are limited within the table but with tennis it is more big space. -> When you play ping pong the table is much smaller than the tennis court.

It is quite different.
I can play ping pong so I know the differences between the 2 sports. / I have some experience with ping pong so I can really identify the differences.

I think maybe tennis, tennis recently is very popular in SH. / tennis is very trendy.

I can meet a lot of friends, we have the similar interest.

The disadvantage is the price, the expense for we find a tennis coach and the cost we rent the space. -> The disadvantage is the price, the expense for the coach and to rent the court are very high. / it is expensive to hire a coach and to rent a court.

We can book the tennis court in an app.

I just spend my leisure time to learn new skills and to make new friends.

He cannot teach us for 2 weeks / my coach will be unavailable for 2 weeks.

I just follow the trends so I cannot foresee the next trendy thing.

My coach joined the matches as a player and won in his group.

Tennis is a sport which takes time to learn.
It has an entry barrier.
You can just play but you cannot play well, it requires a lot of skill to play well. / playing well is really skill based and has a high time commitment.

For tennis you need to learn the actions, positions and how to play in the right way and how to hit the ball.

it is a board game and you have another name, just like you are an actor and you can experience other roles. -> it is a board game in which you act as a character
You need to fight with others.
There is a background story for each character.

board games are also popular in SH.
Normally I am the organizer and I find the location and book it and book my friends and we meet together to play the game. / usually I organize the session so I find a location and a suitable time for all the players.
In some special occasions I can join the game from a mini program.
You can book a game online and play offline.

It is really long so some of my friends don’t like it. / A playing session can last for a very long time
The longest for me was 12h.

The majority are young people  / most players are young.
their leisure time is fully occupied by games.

We are not allowed to gamble so we like to gamble in other ways.
This is the only chance he can have but it is not a good way. / it was his way to try to win big but it is very risky.

If you want to be a good poker player, you need to be good at math and count cards and the probabilities.

Recently I changed from a party animal to playing board games and tennis, it is more healthy.

Normally if I go to a nightclub I have less time to live, it is not a healthy habit. -> if you go to nightclubs regularly it could reduce your life expectancy.

I lost 2kg, I just tried some medicine to help me lose weight.
It is to help me eat less, especially less junk food. / it is to reduce my appetite

my eating habits are always very good, I always control myself. -> I have always had a relatively good diet.
Alcohol makes you gain fat.

Eating habits are more important than exercising.
Eating is also to pursue happiness. When you eat cake you feel very happy.

apart from meetings with global clients I don’t have the chance to speak English.
The game is hard to play in English, you have to read the background story and it is like a novel and maybe they use very specific vocabulary.

Vocabulary

appetite (n) eagerness to eat
I don’t feel like having dinner, I have no appetite today

life expectancy (n) how long people live on average
The life expectancy for someone in SH is about 80

probability (n) chance of something happening
The probability of having a good hand was low so I decided to fold

gambling (n) playing for money with chance involved
he went to the casino because he enjoys gambling

to gamble (v)
He went to Macao to gamble

match (n) a game against someone
I lost my tennis match

tennis court (n) field where you play tennis
It is hard to rent a tennis court.

pick up + hobby : start a new hobby
After I moved to the countryside I decided to pick up gardening

Pronunciation

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