VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Compared with eating some food I prefer to sleep. / i’d rather sleep than eat some food
I can sleep over 12h.
I need to spend at least 10h to sleep everyday. / I need to sleep 10h to feel rested
I will feel more energetic

I am not hungry.

In tier 1 cities it is hard to do that
I was thinking about this in those 2-3 years  / in the last few years
especially during CNY when I go back to my hometown and stay with my parents.
The feeling is stronger.

That is why I don’t have any action until now -> that is why I haven’t done anything until now / that is why I am still here/ this is why I haven’t made the jump

I feel I cannot find a satisfying job.
Maybe being my own boss could be a solution.
I think I could do e-commerce and create stores on taobao and sell some clothes or have my own coffee shop.

I think Taobao is more easier -> much easier

You don’t need to spend more budget to operate it / the operation cost would be lower / it is cheaper to operate
I have a friend who was living in SH and he is a photographer but he decided to go back to our hometown
He has his own coffee store right now. He already bought / rented a location and will open it next year.

sometimes we will have shooting with some people so he is the colleague of the photographer.
That is how we met.

It is hard to make the decision.
I feel it is complicated because I like simple things.
I decided to change my apartment / to move to a new apartment at this end of this year and I have lived in this apartment for 7y.
since 2015. But I decided to change because I think I need a new living environment and maybe I will have life opportunities.
In the past 5 years I kept a lot of stuff so I feel terrible right now, you need to pack your stuff.
Most stuff are small things  like cables

I need to do this change and I decided to call my mum to come live with me in SH.
As you get older you feel staying with parents is a good thing and you can have a good feeling. / as you get older you value family more and more

She can do her own things
I need a more healthy life.
You need to sleep earlier than before but we have to work and I have to do more exercises as my routine so they both take time so you don’t have time to cook healthy food.
He can write some articles so he thinks he can do it well at night. / he gets more inspired at night.

Some people can make the decision to change. / some people make the jump
He is an editor of a famous magazine. He quit this job last month and he posted on Weibo to announce his decision and explain.
He just wants to stop and have a rest and have his own time to read, travel and gain new ideas.
In the current world the speed of development / pace is fast and we deliver more than we receive. -> you use your creativity everyday but you don’t have time to be inspired.

I found the novel and I read 5 pages.

my uncle works in the government. He is a government officer.
they have 2 main topics: government issues / politics and the second is basketball.

In virtual markets, it may offer brands/ maybe it can offer brands a new way to communicate with different customers, especially generation Z. Luxury brands can create new content to increase awareness by/through NFT technology/thanks to NFTs , it seems like LV collaborated with LPL before. But it isn’t the priority requirement for luxury brands currently, brands still need to wait and see the development of NFT technology carefully. / brands are still on the sideline observing

Because the meaning of luxury includes several sectors, brand story, design, quality, service and experience, etc.
physically touching the luxury products is part of the experience and the belief must be established between brands and customers in the real world,  instead of the virtual world.
However, the luxury products are part of people’s lifestyle and sometimes are not for sale. / people plan to keep them forever

And NFTs as a virtual property, there’s no laws and regulations to manage them, it will be unstable in a long period. It’s possible to give more chances for fake market and scalpers simultaneously. The virtual world still has some risks.

Vocabulary

legend (n) 传说 /传奇故事
I read about Chinese legends 

heirloom (n) 传家宝
He bought a very nice watch with the plan to give it to his kid, it will be his heirloom

flipper (n) (casual) people who buy to sell later at a higher price
There are many Rolex flippers

to be/stand on the sidelines 从旁观者的角度
Luxury brands are usually on the sidelines, they like to observe before making a decision

value (v) 重视
Some people value time more than money

to make the jump (v) made a difficult decision
I was thinking about leaving NYC and becoming a writer I finally made the jump

saga (n) 长篇叙述
It is the first part of the saga

idle (adj) 空闲的
We do not have any idle time

inspire (v) give ideas
He feels more inspired at night

appliance (n) 器具
I bought some kitchen appliance on JD.

device (n) equipments with a purpose
People have more and more electronic devices : phones / computers/ tablets / smart watches…

cable (n) 线
Can I borrow your charging cable?

operation cost (n)
Our operation cost was reduced thanks to technology

energetic (adj) having a lot of energy
I feel energetic after sleeping 14h

irritable (adj) easily getting angry / annoyed
People become more irritable as they get older

Pronunciation

rest

dune

colleague