VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

you guys want to learn the Chinese way so you inject a vaccine and you can control them. / you use the vaccine to gain control over people

Now they are saying that it is against the constitution
it is the peak period of selling machinery so my company is forecasting the downturn of the whole field./industry / We believe we have experienced the peak and now we will only go down from here…
We have been experiencing the peak.
He said I have personal affairs / matters to attend to
People perceive the unusual matters. -> realized

most country who want to ally with the US say ok it is time to stand on the American side.  / together with them / it is time to back America

If you take SH as an experiment, It is successful. They are experiencing we are under capitalism like the west.
They think we are in the west.
we don’t have to follow this way to live. Our lifestyle is like the western style but it is only SH.

they have experienced brainwashing so much
your country is more important than your family
10 years ago I felt this guy is crazy

Biden wants to issue an order to prohibit people from having guns.

they are suffering from the backlash due to the censorship policy.

He has a gift for it / he has talent for it / he is naturally talented

twitter seems to revise their policy before they censored many opinions but now it seems those policies are revised

I deserve this money
Women can’t get this.
I made the rule.
I want to have a luxury stay..

they all get back to me.
Japanese women are the most independent in Asia
but some will choose to be housewives.

Vocabulary

household (n) a family
Most American households got richer last year

to back (v) to support
He backs the new pill

backer (n) supporter / sponsor
This company is one of our backers

have an affair (n) seeing someone else than your husband/wife
I asked for divorce because she was having an affair

submissive (adj) 顺从的
In the past women tended to be submissive

prenup (n) contract on how to split money for a marriage
They signed a premup

discretionary (adj) 自由决定的
I have a special account to manage discretionary expenses

ballpark (n) estimation
it will be in the ballpark of a 10m deal

to satirize (v) 讽刺
He decided to satirize Trump

satire (n)the use of humor to to ridicule something
This novel is a satire of what happened last year

to censor (v)
Trump was censored by the platflorm

censorship (n)
They changed their rules regarding censorship

ticker (n) stock name
The ticker of facebook is FB

satisfaction (n)
He gets a lot of satisfaction from his victory

satisfactory (adj)
His work is not satisfactory

janitor (n) someone employed to take care of a building
Even janitors are proud the development of China

dissuasion (n) persuade someone not to do something
The nuclear bomb is mostly used for dissuasion

dissuasive (adj)
The nuclear bomb is a dissuasive weapon

to dissuade (v) persuade not to
I dissuaded them from going to the red light district

cash cow (n) something that makes you a lot of money
Covid has become a cash cow for

contagion (n) the spread of a disease
The evergrande debt issue will create lead to the contagion of the rest of the economy

hyperinflation (n) when the price of everything rises quickly
Venezuela experienced hyperinflation

fiat (n) USD / CNY / any currency
We use fiat currency

to burst (v) explode for a bubble
The bubble will burst

the great resignation (n) phenomenon in which many people in the west are quitting their jobs.

red light district (n) area where night life and prostitution is concentrated
My customers always want to visit the red light district

Pronunciation

totalitarian

acknowledge

era

error

dictator

detector