Online Class Notes (Tibo)

I talked about fortune tellers with my bestie

Do you believe in fortune telling ?

If a fortune teller knows a lot of secrets about his clients maybe one day he will be killed.

secrets can be threatening to his clients / clients can be threatened by what he knows

It must have happened before but no one knows.

Especially for government officials who are corrupted

Maybe it is his private fortune teller so maybe he trusts him. / he has blind trust in him
If you want to ask something from a fortune teller you will tell him about your birthday and your fengshui , your job, marriage …
/ you will reveal information about you.

This fortune teller is Jack Ma’s fortune teller but he died.
I think he knew a lot of secrets.

As you said everyone has secrets. Especially when people become wealthy he can’t show off but in his life there is at least one person who knows he is wealthy and he is successful.

When this guy tells another person it won’t be a secret. / if he starts to talk it won’t be a secret

When one becomes successful one is not modest.

I would say the % is 20% to buy a sports car / I guess 20% of the people who suddenly become rich buy a sports car

This apartment is near SH / is in the suburb . It is over 17k/sqm
Most incredible thing is I saw a video and the most expensive apartment in Shanghai is 600,000/sqm

There is a funny internet slang. Being poor limits my imagination.

there are not many people in this place but there are many apartments in this place.
I saw some news that the Chinese government has taken some actions to solve this problem step by step / progressively 

Because Evergrande builds apartment complexes by itself so it is hard to balance the apartment supply and the staff salary.

It is built by 3 different companies / 3 different real estate developers so I think it is quite safe to buy.
it will be built by the end of next year / it will be completed …

what’s your goal when buying this apartment?
Is it an investment or do you plan to live in it?

It started to be built in May this year. / they started construction in May
they have finished half of it / they have built half of it
I like this apartment complex because it is beautiful and it’s target client is young people with an higher than average income.
One problem is how to rent out so if I buy this apartment I need to live in some time. / I am worried I won’t easily rent it
For example on weekends.
There are not many scenic spots.
one day I will get this apartment without decoration. / the apartment will be delivered empty / without furniture
I saw many apartments in this app so many salespeople call me.

Their work takes a lot of time and they only have 1 day off per week
Maybe if you have a better sales performance you will get a higher comission rate.

If I want to buy it the salesperson would say I will help you to bargain
The sales person tells me this but I think you can bargain a bit more.
It has 600 apartments / units and they have almost sold out.

Vocabulary

suburb (n) 郊区
I live in the suburb

succesful (adj)
Tom is successful

success (n)
Tom found success early.

parachute (n) 降落伞
He jumped with a parachute

multiplication (n) 乘法
He did a multiplication

to multiply (v)
I multiplied 2 by 3 and the result was 6

to bargain (v) 讨价还价
I bargained for a cheaper price

bargain (n) : a good buy (cheap compared to what you get)/便宜货
Xiaomi phones are bargains

to haggle (v) 与某人讨价还价/争论
I haggle when I buy things at the market

to bail out (v) 往外舀 / provide help to avoid bankruptcy
The company was going to go bankrupt but the government bailed them out to save them.

real estate developer (n) company that makes houses
Evergrande is a real estate developer

for a rainy day (n) in case there is a problem
You should save some money for rainy days.

to brag (v) to show off 夸耀
People like to brag

to reveal (v) disclose 披露
I revealed some secrets to him

blind trust (n) when you trust 100% / when you trust without checking
I have blind trust in my parents

to trust blindly (v)

corruption (n)贪污贿赂
He went to jail for corruption

Pronunciation

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