VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

My husband moved to shanghai last month in the same company as in Paris. It has been long-time that he wanted to have some working experience in China , and just at this moment, the chinese filiale attempted to recruit an employee who can speak fluently english , french and chinese . So my husband caught immediately this chance . His contract is “VIE” , it’s a special contract which allow the foreigners to work in China and keep the same social benefits as in his original country, like my husband has almost the same paid leave as before and also the same medical insurance. But this kind of contract during maximum two years .
Now as he has 40 days paid holiday, we planned to travel around Asia. The recent plan is : The end of juin to Hk , beginning of july to Tibet .

My husband moved to shanghai last month in the same company as (he is) in Paris. He has wanted to have some work experience in China for a long time and just at this moment, luckily / coincidentally the chinese branch attempted to recruit an employee who can speak english, french and chinese fluently. So my husband caught / took advantage of / took this chance immediately . His contract is “VIE” , which is a special contract which allows foreigners to work in China and keep the same social benefits as they have in their original (home) countries, like my husband has almost the same paid leave as before and also the same medical insurance. But / However this kind of contract expires within a maximum of two years / this contract lasts a max of 2 years
Now as he has 40 days paid holiday leave, we made a plan / are planning to travel around Asia. The recent plan is : The end of June to Hk, and the beginning of July to Tibet.

Vocabulary

identical twin < > fraternal twins
eg. is your husband an identical twin?

coincidence – 2 things happen at the same time without a plan
eg. wow what a coincidence, we are both going to france at the same time on the same flight!

cantonese – guang dong hua

watch – moving
see – ability
look – direction / point
read – words

it has been a long time since I moved to China
I have lived in China for a long time 

do sth well / do sth quickly 

satisfied – man yi

i can tell he’s French by his accent

when I back to Paris – when I go back to Paris / when I am back in Paris 

Pronunciation

twentieth / thirtieth
thirteenth

13 / 30
thir TEEN
THIR tee

k / g – the same but K is sharper

pagoda
passo
pakoeda

culture – cul chur 

coach – coe ch

asia – ayyzha