VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

My father was born in shanghai but he had to leave the city to countryside when he was twenty because of the policy. When he was twenty-eight and became two children’s father, he came back to shanghai. People have low salary generally at those times. I remembered my parents saved while year for a TV only cost 400 Yuan. Almost no family had car and people go to work by bus or by bike, so the road wasn’t crowd like now and the air was clearer. Children are told not to throw litter anywhere and not to go through the crossroads when the traffic lamp is red and the other rules in life. The relation of neighbors was friendlier then now. Shanghai isn’t “my shanghai” at now but I even love it.

My father was born in shanghai but he had to leave the city to go to the countryside when he was twenty because of the policy. When he was twenty-eight and had 2 kids / became a father of 2, he came back to shanghai. People had / got a low salary generally at those times. I remember my parents saved for a whole year for a TV which only cost 400 Yuan. Almost no families / not many families had cars / a car and people went to work by bus or by bike, so the road wasn’t crowded like now and the air was clearer. Children are told not to throw litter anywhere and not to go through the crossroads / intersection when the traffic lights are red and the other rules in life. The relationship between neighbors was friendlier than now. Shanghai isn’t “my shanghai” now but I still love it.

Vocabulary

even = it’s surprising / interesting… 
still = continue to do
eg. Even a child can understand it, so why can’t you?
eg2. I know China has some problems but I still love it

young man / teenager

a while = a long time
a whole = all of sth

in some ways
eg. China is bad in some ways, but in other ways, it’s good!

if it didn’t have so many people it wouldn’t have developed very quickly
I wish I had a lot of money

in normal – normally 

health insurance – you pay a little every month, so when you go to the Dr you don’t pay much

pension – everyone pays this, and when you retire, you get a salary

scary (adj) – hai pa de – what you think about sth
scared (v / adj)- hai pa – feeling
eg. I am scared of dogs because they are scary.
eg2. I’m scared.