VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

For everything you need to organize the meeting.  -> you need to organize a meeting for everything

It is not a burden for her

It doesn’t need any more effort -> it is not physically / mentally demanding  / it doesn’t require a strong physical effort

If you want to take the train to a remote area you can enjoy beautiful things outside the window / you can enjoy the landscape/scenery through the window
I like the railway system in China. / I like to travel by train.

You remind me of the days I had frequent trips to BJ.
During that period I preferred to travel by air because I didn’t want to work in the train.
It is tiring.

There is only a small table. For eating it is good enough but it is not convenient to work on a laptop.
It will hurt my neck.

I believe that the economy could go down in the next few years. / I believe the bear market will last a few years.

They increased low interest  -> they increased the interest rate on mortgage to discourage buying a third house

A household can only buy 2 apartments. If you need to buy a third one you cannot apply for a loan / if you want to buy a 3rd house you have to provide 100% of the capital upfront. 

Some people would rather come back to their hometown

In the long term it could be stable, I don’t think the price will go down. It is a megacity.
It is the economic hub/center of China.

If there is a mature baby like 5month it -> it is not possible to abort if you are at an advanced stage of the pregnancy  / you aren’t allowed to abort if you are 5m pregnant or more 

She was pregnant but her husband had an affair and they divorced and she aborted at an advanced stage.

I don’t like mixing politics everywhere.
Art is art / politics shouldn’t matter in art.

Vocabulary

To abort (v) to stop a pregnancy or a project / launch
NASA had to abort the launch due to a technical issue
The CEO decided to abort this project

Abortion (n)
She went to the hospital for an abortion

Bear market (n) : when the economy goes down
We are in a bear market

Bull market (n) when the economy goes up
I miss the bull market.

Mentally : related to the mind
It is mentally difficult

Procession (n) group of people /car moving together within a ceremony
The procession will start from spot a and end at spot b 

Israel (n)
I visited Israel 

Israeli (adj)
This is an Israeli product