VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

We share the card with our neighbors, yesterday I went out and today I gave the card to them.

I only went from my home to Shanghai center.

Today I walked around 2h. Not too far but I did a round.

The workers live in the restaurants because they can’t go back home.

Yesterday I went to do a PCR test and I saw this photo of tents  and today they removed everything.

They work and live there and don’t have a bathroom.

We see people out… / we see people on the street
Some people commented something about the situation and said it may start to open from Jun 6 but I don’t think so…. It is too bad. / the situation isn’t getting better yet

I have some friends who have a plan to leave China this year but they accelerated the plan and left.

You need to follow the rules they have.
Some friends they left for too many hours but finally they are relieved  -> leaving is really difficult but once you are on the other side you are relieved

He lived here for around 6y , he said I need to wait for the situation to get better here because I have my company.  Right now I can’t to return to Spain.

I am painting, I am mainly painting and taking some pictures.
I used very bright colors and now I try to remove a lot  / and now I want to fade the colors / lighten the colors

The colors depend on the camera’s picture and on the light. / the camera doesn’t capture the real colors of the painting.

I damaged it when I tried to fix the color.

One guy in the watercolor group said it’s ok but then I didn’t like it.
Now I have one challenge, he wants to make one book with some people who like to write series of poems.

Another made some illustrations for stories and poems.

I participate in it and made 2 illustrations for 2 poems.
I want to continue to painting in watercolor -> I want to continue to paint in watercolor / I want to continue painting in watercolor

My Style changes a lot.
Now I want to paint one painting for my husband. I started to do that but now I can’t to finish it, I don’t have the inspiration.

I did it in watercolor first and now I want to paint it on acrylic.

I try to do it in acrylic but I think I need to reduce the size of the people. I think they are too big / they take too much of the frame  / canvas 

They need more space around them 

I don’t have a lot of colors so I need to mix them. / I ran out of some of the colors so I have to mix them

I saw him in the movie he had his face this way but now he has his face in this direction.

Some people from her company they wanted to work there so they searched on taobao and bought many and they sleep and work there.

The restaurants right now they have service for SH and live in very poor conditions
It is not clean and they have issues with hygiene.

Vocabulary

Avatar (n) picture representing you on an app
I changed my WeChat avatar to a picture of my cat

Hygiene (n)
They have a hygiene problem 

sleeping bag (n) Saco de dormir
I bought a sleeping bag to go camping

 To run out (v) se agoto
I ran out of food so I must buy food today if I want to eat something

Inspiration (n)
I need to have the inspiration to paint

To inspire (v)
Tom inspired me to paint with his poem
I need to be inspired to paint

To damage (v) deteriorar
I damaged my computer

Tent (n) tienda de campana
We went camping in tents

Accountant (n) contador
he works as an accountant

To be relieved (v) aliviado
I was relieved after boarding the plane 

Relief (v)
I felt relief after knowing they are safe