VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

When it was in the test period / soft opening I worked in Adidas and the company gave us the tickets.

the global don’t want to buy, they have no confidence in the government.
Germans are cautious about those fixed assets investments.
The building’s interior is really nice

My husband likes it so  after that I think it is ok but I don’t want to do it for a second time.
there are not many people so you can sit and there is a big screen with video games.

This time we persuaded/convinced him to play it.

I said let’s stop and maybe he would play for another time / go for another ride.

It is near Songjiang. it is more for adults. / it is more suitable for adults.
with my dad I felt a bit more comfortable / a bit safer.

so we don’t buy a car and it would be a big problem for parking / that is why we haven’t bought a car  / we don’t plan to buy a car

It is enough for me to use this money and take a taxi. -> it would be cheaper to just take a taxi 
We took the subway there and the taxi back.

we took our son so we didn’t  have much time to study everything.
he hates the universe
Before we went there we also took him to the natural museum.
The last time he watched Chinese submarines

he saw this
it was a long period to persuade him -> it took us a long time

you cannot take yourself as the center -> you cannot always put yourself first / you also have to think about others

When I was a student we had no chance to go to these places.

2 months ago we went to the wild zoo park and he knocked the mirror
He feels it is tiring.
at first I thought they would be thankful to covid as they only had to put the things/delivery in the public area but if the office building has no public area they have to wait.
the police don’t enforce that

senior drivers / driving veterans are used to it.

sometimes it is only 2km away.

At that time people didn’t think about 70 years later.  / at that time people didn’t consider so far in the future.
When you buy a second hand house they ask when was the building built/constructed.

They are far behind but don’t realize that.

Vocabulary

interior (n) inside of a building / car
The interior of the building is great
The car has an optional leather interior.

soft opening (n) when you open only to selected people but not to the general public
I went during the soft opening

to enforce (v)强制实施
The police don’t enforce that

frame (n) metal part of a structure
The frame of meitun bicycles is very thick

e-bike  / ebike(n) 电动车🛵
Many people ride an e-bike.

reckless (adj) 鲁莽的
Elema drivers drive recklessly

Difficulty (n) 苦衷
they have a lot of difficulties

auction (n/v) 拍卖
The number of participants in the auction decreased
We auctioned the painting and it sold for 20m

license plate (n) the piece of metal with the car number
It is hard to buy a license plate in SH.

mirror (n) 镜子 / 反射面
I check the mirror before turning right

astronomy (n) 天文学
My son hates astronomy

astronomy museum (n)

roller coaster (n) 过山车
I screamed during the roller coaster ride

satellite (n) 卫星🛰️
Adidas has their own satellite

spaceship (n) 宇宙飞船
He trains to work on a spaceship

Toy story (n)

attraction (n) games in an entertainment park
Disneyland has 100 attractions

marine (海洋的) life : life under water

Pronunciation

submarine (n)
He is interested in Chinese submarines

kg kilogram

km kilometer