VIP Class Notes (Li)

What motivates you to learn new things?

Vocabulary

canal – a long stretch of water for boats to travel along

kill two birds with one stone – 一石二鸟

religion – 宗教

philosophy – 哲学

I went to look

I went to have a look 

I want to train my English skill.

I want to practice/improve my English.

Before I just concentrated on Chinese market.

Before I just concentrated/focused on the Chinese market.

I was a university student, I was a backpacker traveller.

When I was a university student, I backpacked a lot/I frequently backpacked.  

Travelling guide

Travel guidebook 

Why you were interested in studying Chinese?

11 years ago, I was 29 years old. At that time my dream was launching my own business and make it big.
I thought the market is very important rather than how to do, for example, many entrepreneurs got success in the internet business market before,
some of them were not so talented, but got success.

I thought Chinese market is hopeful and the market size is bigger and bigger , also it’s near to Japan, I decided to launch a company which help Japanese companies to enter the Chinese market.
Therefore, I came to China and started study Chinese.

Revised:

11 years ago, I was 29 years old. At that time my dream was to launch my own business and make it big.
I thought the market is very important rather than how to do, for example, many entrepreneurs became successful in the internet business market in the past,
 but some of them were not so talented, and got success.

I thought the Chinese market is hopeful and the market size getting bigger and bigger/has increased significantly, also it’s near to Japan. I decided to launch a company which helps Japanese companies to enter the Chinese market. Therefore, I came to China and started studying Chinese.

Pronunciation

Vietnam – vee-yat-nam