Open F2F Class Notes 24th October (Raph)

Multinational (adj): 1- including or involving several countries or individuals of several nationalities.
E.g.: I worked for a multinational company based in Singapore.

Regulation (n): 1- an official rule or law that says how something should be done
E.g.: The Chinese government just issued some new regulations on work visas.

Tone down (v): 1- to make (something) less forceful, offensive, or harsh.
E.g.: People will be more likely to listen to you if you tone down your language a little

Coup d’État (n): 1- a sudden attempt by a small group of people to take over the government usually through violence.
E.g.: With the death of the king, there are fears that Thailand may face a new coup d’état in the near future.

Military (adj): 1- of or relating to the army.
E.g.: The military forces we called to take care of the situation.

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We booked it last two months – We booked it two months ago.

Original:

The topic of Car and driving is very hot in Shanghai. Half of my friends and colleges have their own driving licenses. They always advice me to get one by myself and most of them say if I don’t try now, the test will be more and more difficult in the future. But to be honest, I really don’t know the necessity of learning driving. a car license of shanghai need nearly 80 thousands. The metro and buses are very convienient to go anywhere. Furthermore, few people will drive the car to go to work in the morning because of the crowded traffic. And parting is also a big problem. Drivers always need go to several parting lots to check if there is a parting space when they are in the centre of Shanghai. All the factors make me have little interest in learning driving, although my friend said so surely that it is a thing that i must to do now or in the future. It made me truly confused.

Edited:

Cars and driving are a very hot topic in Shanghai. Half of my friends and colleges have their own driving licenses. They always advise me to get one, and most of them say that if I don’t try now, the test will be more and more difficult in the future. But to be honest, I really don’t see the necessity of learning how to drive. Getting a license plate in Shanghai costs nearly 80 thousand Yuan. The metro and buses are very convenient to go anywhere. Furthermore, few people drive  to work in the morning because of the traffic jams. Parking is also a big problem. Drivers always need go to several parking lots to check if there is a parking space when they are in the centre of Shanghai. All these factors make me have little interest in learning how to drive, although my friends are so sure that it is a thing that I must do now or in the future. It makes me truly confused.