VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

dry shampoo: 免洗喷雾

deserted island: 孤岛

countdown: 54321

hiking gear

trail: route

Grammar

hardly – rarely

They can hardly speak English
They hardly speak English – They don’t speak English often
They can’t really speak English

It’s hardly for me to make it
It’s hard for me to make it here on time
I can hardly make it on time.

I just stayed home with my parents. We watched a movie and ordered some food. I used to go out with friends a lot but since COVID 19, we usually just stay home … avoid gatherings…

No plan now. I may stay with my parents at home and I think it’s dangerous outside because of COVID 19.
No plan yet/I don’t have a plan/we don’t have any plans. I may stay with my parents at home because I think it’s dangerous outside due to COVID 19.

Chinese NY is similar as Christmas Day for foreigners. We will have a reunion in the Chinese NY day, and all the people work outside will come back to SH.

Chinese NY for us is similar to/just like Christmas Day for foreigners. We would have a reunion on the Chinese NY day, and everyone working in/who work in different cities would come back to SH.

Chinese government has a very strict restriction on commuting. We’d better not to go outside is government suggestion. If you fly back from a city who has some COVID 19 people, they will ask you to stay at home and have a 14 day isolation.

Chinese government has a very strict restriction on traveling. We try not to/we shouldn’t go outside unless necessary, according to/based on government suggestion. If you fly back from a city which has infected cases, you would have to stay at home for 14 days isolation. / you would get a 14 day isolation.

The precise/specific date is different every year, because the lunar calendar is different from the actual calendar. How Chinese people calculate the days is different from how foreign people calculate it.

Although I would work at home, I would use up my annual holidays./it would count towards/as my annual holidays.

“That’s not your fault”
“No, but…that’s the rule from my company.”

I don’t matter where I live.
I have no demands/requirements on the living accommodations./hotel.
I don’t care where I live.
It doesn’t matter to me where I live.

I wouldn’t take my life for adventure.
I wouldn’t risk my life for adventure.

I want to be calm and I want to spend a period of time that nobody will bother me on the work.
During my hike(specific noun), I felt calm and I wouldn’t be bothered by other people at work/ was able to spend a period of time when nobody would bother me with work. /with stuff related to work.