VIP Class Notes (Ally)

read a piece of news in Eng. Brief summary+opinion

Vocabulary

on and off: sometimes yes sometimes no

cave(v): admit defeat, give in to the other side’s demands
ie. She said something bad and I caved.

unwind: relax

allot: (v) allocated
ie. The time allotted to work, …

getaway: escape

tell: (n) something that gives you away

Grammar

tense: for all events
present simple: for all truth/habits/facts/general info

They’re more carefully to some digital market.
They’re more careful to go into/invest themselves in the digital market.
They take a more careful approach when dealing with the digital markets/in/for the digital market.

In China, they’re not matched for the market.
They have not really adapted to the pace/characteristics of the Chinese market.
Their current advertising strategy is not suitable for the fast-paced Chinese market.

I want to practice more about the daily communication
I want to practice more daily communication
I want to learn more about daily conversation English

work-wise usage
work-related usage

If I’m facing a lot of audience…
When I face a large audience…

we three friends
we three … (specific, have to mention it in the last sentence)
three of us ..  (general)

You can’t feel the time is flying
When you’re playing mahjong, you can’t feel time pass.
… you feel that time is flying.

Q: Do you think games will become more and more important in our lives ?

A: I think the mobile games is playing more important role in our daily lives, especially with the adults. Because the adults, the young people are working very hard these days and they need some private space and private time to relax and when we talk about wl balance, I think the life means you being alone and you are facing with yourself. It’s called the work-life balance life part. I think video games , it creates different world for us and you can spend about half an hour in the different world and your focus is just switched to this new world. I think it’s a very good way to be out of the hard reality.

Edited:

A: I think the mobile games is playing a more important role in our daily lives, especially for/among the young adults. Because in modern society, young people are working very hard and they need some private space and private time to relax and unwind. When we talk about wl balance, I think the life part means you being alone and facing only yourself. This is the life part of work-life balance. I think video games create a different world for us and we can spend at least half an hour in that world and our focus is switched to/we only need to focus on this new world. I think it’s a very good way to escape/take a break from the harsh reality.