VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

the pursuit of happyness

For me, 2017 was a special year. I quit the job that I had been worked for 8 years in shanghai and it was the first and only one job I did after I graduated from university. I chose to go back to my hometown for a rest in the first half year and moved to work in kunshan in August. It was a new life for me in the recent 6 months that the city was strange, the work environment was different, the people were all new who I never met before. I felt upset on my new work especially when I had to take a task which I had no any experience before, so I decided to drop all I known before off, learn from zero and also made a great decision to study english to strengthen my speaking skills. Now, I realize that I made a smart decision before, because I find that I need to work with foreigners from different countries in my work just liking I introduced our lab to japanese manage director and supported our engineers to communicate with indian clients before. Though the work had been very suffering, the life didn’t make me feel easy. I fractured my arm when I went ice skating, I had to fix the plaster cast for about 6 weeks and try to use my left hand to eat, to wash and to do everthing in my daily life. It was not very long time after my arm recovered, I found a cavity in one of my teech and the nerve had been damaged, so I had to continually go to the hospital for treatment. It was not very long time for 6 months, but it still was not very short, so many things happened and so many problems I had to face. Fortunately, even it was hard, it has gone away. I hope I can be more calm and patient when difficulties come to me and wish everything is ok in the new year.

For me, 2017 was a special year. I quit the job that I had been working in for 8 years in shanghai and it was the first and only one job I did after I graduated from university. I chose to go back to my hometown for a rest in the first half of the year and moved to work in kunshan in August. It was a new life for me in the recent 6 months in that the city was strange, the work environment was different, the people were all new as I had never met them before. I felt upset about / with my new work especially when I had to take a task which I had no experience with before, so I decided to drop all I had known before / let go of everything I had learned previously, learn from zero and also made a great decision to study English to strengthen my speaking skills. Now, I realize that I made a smart decision before, because I found that I need to work with foreigners from different countries in my work just like I introduced our lab to the japanese manage director and supported our engineers to communicate with indian clients before. The work has been very difficult / challenging / though the work has made me suffer / though I have been suffering in this job, and life didn’t feel easy either. I fractured my arm when I went ice skating, I had to fix the plaster cast for about 6 weeks and try to use my left hand to eat, to wash and to do everything in my daily life. It was not very long time after my arm recovered, I found a cavity in one of my teeth and the nerve had been damaged, so I had to continually go to the hospital for treatment. It was a very long 6 months, so many things happened and there were so many problems (that) I had to face. Fortunately, even it was hard, it has gone away now. I hope I can be more calm and patient when difficulties come to me / when I go through hard times and wish everything is ok in the new year.

Vocabulary

I want the pursuit of happiness to be my goal for 2018.

even though it was hard, it has gone away now.
despite it being hard, it is over.

I am / was / have been a teacher
Being a teacher, I’m happy.

Work was really difficult for the whole year, and on top of this, life also felt hard.

I don’t have any money at all / I didn’t know any people at all 
There are no people here
Without any money, you can’t buy anything

I have no experience in / with teaching.

in that = by that I mean…

I have had this job for 8 years
I have been working for this company for 8 years
I have done this work for 8 years.