VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I want to share it with you  / I want tell you about it
We have been in lockdown from the day we came

The first day we didn’t have vegetables
We had some meat in the freezer and only needed eggs and vegetables, luckily our neighbors provided some.

After 4 or 5 days we did a group buy and after that we had a lot of food.
We are happy to stay here at home. Starting from this week we can go down to the parking place because we don’t have a big communal area. You can go down to have a walk.

Now we enjoy the time here.

Some people can go out to the street and go around but here it is not allowed.
We are waiting for which day we can go out. / we hope the lockdown can end quickly

I am used to it already  / I already got used to it.

You can take a walk

You can enjoy your walk more

It is your opportunity to do something different and think about that and what time you can thinking good about. -> you have to think positively

Sometimes you need to do something different in your life.
If something was well or not and how many troubles you had before you stay. -> It gives you time to work on yourself / it gives you time to reflect on your life

You can try to think positively.

I promised to send you some documents 

China became another place that you don’t want to go to / I can’t recognize what China has become

Some people say in the building there is one case so they can’t leave and get a flight.

You can but it is too hard. My friend she said I will go to France with her daughter but she plans to come back in August.
I wrote something to my friend to apologize about that and she said it’s ok.

My painting teacher she made one group because she wanted to make a group with some people who write some history or poems. / she wanted to match writers with artists

First she received the story and then sent it to other people to make an illustration so I made one painting

I can’t to have the color very good for sand or the sea -> I felt I couldn’t match and apply the colors well

Vocabulary

Setting (n)
you can find it in settings

Myopia / nearsightedness  (n)
I suffer from Myopia so I need to wear glasses 

Traditional outfit (n)
The qipao is a traditional outfit of Sh

To look for / search (v)  busker
I am looking for my phone
I searched some information on Google 

To plan (v) have a plan / think about doing something
I plan to fly in August

To pretend (v) fake something
Tom pretends to be a CEO but actually he has a basic job.

Karma (n) the idea that you attract things based on your actions
If you think negatively you will have a bad karma

To overcome (v) vencer/superar
I need to overcome my fear of spiders

To reflect (v) to think back
The lock down gave me time to reflect on my life and I decided to make changes.

Walk (v/n)
I am going to take a walk
I will walk a bit 

Pronunciation

Poem