VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Many senior Chinese people love Baijiu.
When he is getting older. His taste needs more thick / he needs something that tastes strong.

First you just drink a little bit then you get used to it and you want to drink a stronger one

my friend doesn’t like wine.
It is a symbol of power / status symbol.

if you drink more with a friend that means your relationship is closer. / that symbolizes you are close
If the family thinks you are a real friend they will offer you their Baijiu and let you drink a lot.

I care much about the changing of the relationship between China and the US. I am a stock investor so the macro environment will significantly affect the stock market.
I often read a lot of news and articles about politics and I find that some things show that the relationship between the 2 countries is probably going to be better in the near future.

One main reason is that the US economy is not so good. The price of goods is going up quickly / inflation

They have printed so much money. They need to offer the US market cheap goods to make the life of American people stable.
Maybe cut some tax rates.
The Chinese government is also welcome to a social talk with the US.
But they have to show strength and they want to control the situation and Biden government will have an election.
He has to show he is in control.

I am afraid the speed of the growth will go down.
Some small factories have to stop manufacturing things and are forced to quit the market.
So the price of some machines is going up.
There are some rainstorms so the economy of those 2 provinces crashed.
My hometown in XinXiang which has been badly affected by the rain.

My mom’s house was flooded.
I heard that 10,000 cars were destroyed just in my hometown. You can imagine the loss of the whole province.
The insurance will pay but it won’t be very much. Maybe we will get only a small amount.
the time was too short for them to take measures to protect themselves.
As far as I can remember it was the first time.

I watched some videos of my hometown and people died or they were trapped in they house, yelling and seeking help.
I feel terrible. I feel sorry. I rained so fast and heavily.

they couldn’t breathe.

there was a tragedy,  a woman was trapped and the car was flooded.
I think for the human race it is right to reduce the carbon emission level

Maybe it is because people didn’t experience bad things by themselves.
I didn’t care about climate change until my hometown was flooded.
I think the climate won’t get better until bad things happen around the world.

Many medical professors have warned there would be a pandemic but most people didn’t listen to that but now the whole is united to fight against the virus and the vaccine production was very fast.
All the companies who are related to this topic their price goes very high this year. / their price surged
The trend is not so mature. It needs to be popular to be accepted by the mass market.
The real metaverse should offer people a whole experience both in hardware and software.

For Facebook it is serious. They really want to be a leader.
They are trying to invent new hardware like headsets. It is one of the leaders of this trend right now.
But maybe most of the companies who claim they are metaverse companies aren’t. Most of them are fake, they just want to raise capital and a good stock performance.

I love that concept I want to live in a world with real metaverses.
It is more like a metaverse than other games.

Vocabulary

to surge (v) sudden strong upward movement
The price surged

vaccine (n) 疫苗
I took the vaccine

regulation (n)

regulatory (adj)

habituation (n) the making of a habit / the diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.
He drinks stronger and stronger alcohol because of habituation

social smoker (n) someone who only smokes with friends or during parties / meetings
I am a social smoker

syrup (n) 药用糖浆
I drank some syrup for my throat

therapy (n) treatment for a disease
He went to therapy for his disease