VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

chic: modern, trendy

gadget: 小工具; 小器具; 小装置

playful: full of fun

serene: 静; 平静; 安详; 从容

dorm: 宿舍

two-time: (v) date 2 people at the same time

vividly: clearly 生动地

slightly: a little bit

Grammar

should: it’s appropriate to/society tells us to …
ie. We should work hard

I should go to CQ two weeks later.
I was supposed to/I needed to go to CQ two weeks later/from now.

My favorite color is cyan. It’s my name. It’s color between blue and green. The reason I like this color most is that it’s the color of nature.

My favorite color is cyan. I like so much that I made it my English name. Most people don’t really know what shade/color it is … It’s color between blue and green. The reason I like this color most is that it’s the color of nature. When I see this color, I feel calm/serene … I think about lakes and the sky.

It’s not strange.
That’s OK, it’s quite a small town and most people don’t know about it…

My life there was very boring. There’s literally nothing to do there and really nothing to talk about. What about you? How’s Vancouver?

SH is convenient/ international.
SH is totally different. It is an international modern city. We can have foods from all over the world in SH and the transportation is very convenient in SH. Whatever you want to eat, you can find it in the streets of SH or even on Meituan/Eleme./for takeout. Because it’s such a big city and a big market, a lot of different brand restaurants opened up in SH, such Shake Shack or Pop Eyes or Cheesecake Factory… So it’s actually just like being in NY, I mean the food, ofc.

Cyan is quiet.
Sometimes I can stay alone all day and say nothing, talk to nobody, for example, during work, I can work all day without talking to other people around me. Sometimes I choose to send messages/sending WeChat messages to people around me instead of talking to them f2f./ I would rather talk to someone on WeChat instead of f2f. But when I meet my friends or some interesting people, I can’t shut up.

I think this changes by time. I used to be afraid to talking to men.
I think this changes with time/as time goes by. I used to be afraid of talking/to talk to men.

I suffered a lot from…

when my bf was caught cheating on me.
when I caught my bf cheating.

This habit may be keeped from generation and generation in China. This leads to a bad marriage environment in Chinese society.
This habit has been in place/This has been happening for generations and generations in China./It’s considered a tradition in China. This leads to bad/unhappy marriages in Chinese society. 

That’s what I said.
That’s what I mean.