Online Class Notes (Tibo)

This week everything turned worse. / this week it is even worse / it is even busier

This week our global boss came to visit our company in SH and everyone is to perform very well in the company / everyone is under pressure to give a good impression and we have to take part in some meetings to welcome the boss and listen to presentations from different areas so the work has not time to do and only have to work very late for solve the problems. -> we have no time to do our actual work and need to stay at the office late to complete our tasks

I went to the company an hour earlier than usual and it is still not enough

Most of my workmates / colleagues  take their computers home so that they can still deal with issues at home.
For me I don’t want to bring my work to my house. I want to separate my life and my work clearly.
I don’t want to work in my bedroom I feel I can only do relaxed things like watching tv.

My phone is made by huawei / I use a Huawei phone and it doesn’t have the google structure -> it doesn’t support google play / it is not compatible with google tools  so microsoft apps are not fully supported  so I can’t get the notifications from my teams so if I turn off my computer and go back with just my phone I will disconnect because I cannot get any notification.

only the phones made by Huawei  / only Huawei phones have this issue but it is quite good for me. / this turns out to be a benefit.

My Huawei phone is still fast.
Maybe I destroyed my camera, now it cannot take pictures clearly. -> maybe my camera got damaged, now pictures are a little blurry 

Just before I finished my work at around 7pm I realized it was just Wed and I still had to work 2 more days.

They visit twice or 3 times a year just for SH. I think they probably go to other areas too, they are always flying or visiting.
Maybe their workload is not so heavy.

It would be annoying, I cannot get a good rest on the plane and I would be exhausted.
My company’s budget for business trips has been axed so only the boss really flies.
Normal employees use online meeting tools.

We need to argue with our vendors and ask for discounts. For infra we use a pay as you go model.
We try to make them do more work.
Our bonus is related to the business goal and it showed our company didn’t earn much so they chose to save money from the beginning of the year.
we have to store money in the bank and the interest is now lower than before. / the interest we get on deposits is now lower than before.

maybe my cat would rank last in a beauty competition.
Compared with other cats local cats aren’t beautiful but I think she is lovely.
My mom rescued it in front of her company when she was 3 month old.
we chose to adopt her.

she doesn’t select her food , she eats everything.
Mine is a little shy and afraid of strangers and choses a place to hide if everyone is close to her and she doesn’t remember the smell.
She doesn’t like when people touch or hug her.

she is more independent that pets you get at the store.
She will select different kinds of food and may refuse some because she wants to eat fresh meat.

If you ask me to eat only during the night I would go crazy.
they stay in a darkness room -> in a dark room.
I heard about a guy, he flew to Hangzhou and he went to a shopping mall and did a robbery / robbed a jewelry shop.
During the robbery he was doing some crazy things and people guessed he might have wanted to go to jail to get away from loan sharks.
We have a children protection law, since they under 14 they will not get the death penalty.

Vocabulary

loan shark (n) people who can lend you money at very high interest rate and are outside of the normal system
He went to a loan shark and they set his car on fire when he was not able to pay back

dark (adj)
The room was dark

darkness (n)
darkness can help focus

Ramadan (n) celebration during which muslim are forbidden to eat during day time / 斋月
Muslims are celebrating Ramadan this month.

picky eater (n) very selective for food
My cat is a picky eater

stray cat /dog (n) cat without a master / living in the street
We rescued a stray cat

to co-own (v) to share ownership  / own together
The house is co-owned by the couple

deposit (n/v) when you put money in the bank
the interest

withdraw (v) take money from a bank account
I went to an ATM to withdraw some cash

blurry (adj) not clear
The picture was blurry because my lens was damaged

blur (n) lack of focus
portrait mode adds blur around the image to make it look better