VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

I feel like I am in a care home

my father used to be alone -> is used to being alone

I thought SH would have more opportunities than my hometown.
the culture changed a lot. They lost the original traditional culture.

there was a sexual harassment scandal between him and some actresses

if you think it is to mark/to remember an experience and it is not very obvious / easy to hide/easy to conceal I think it is ok.
Once I think about getting a tattoo. I want to have tattoo of my trademark.
it became hot / the weather got warmer so I want to do that in winter this year to finish my year

In China most people are traditional about tattoos and think if you have tattoos you are bad girl and a rebel / they associate tattoos with rebels.
One of my colleague told me you are kind of a rebel

more and more people get tattoos and think it is an art. / consider tattoo as art.

you have to provide a white background picture for the company’s work portrait  / work portrait
especially the ID card.

Vocabulary

nuclear (adj) 原子核的
There are many nuclear power plants in China

magenta (n): red / purple color
It is a magenta bag

rebel (n) 叛逆
I was a rebel when I was a teenager

to conceal (v) : hide
The spy had a concealed knife in his shoe

to analyze (v) examine methodically and in detail
we need to analyze the data

biography (n) : book about the life of someone
I read a biography of Steve Jobs

auto biography (n): book about one’s own life
I read the auto biography of a famous leader

shadow writer (n) someone who writes for you but lets you pretend you wrote it
He found a shadow writer on taobao

plagiarism (n) 抄袭
his essay was not accepted because of plagiarism

thesis (n) 论文
He found a shadow writer to write his master thesis for him

descent (n) origin / race
He is a director of African descent

descendent (n) people coming after you
George V is a descendent of the king George I

justice (n) idea of fairness / the way you call call someone sitting in the supreme court
he fought for justice

Supreme Court (n) : the only court that can decide something for all the states in the US
The Supreme Court changed the ruling

secondary role (n) : not main role
she won the Oscar for the best secondary role in the movie : ….

Grammar

used to -> in the past
I used to go to the gym twice a week but I had to stop after my leg injury

be used to + ing   -> habit
I am used to being on my own