VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Would you like to open a restaurant or a coffeeshop ? 

I go to work everyday.

it was the homework from last class.

there are new covid cases.

Some young people went to KTV from July 2 to July 5
They went to 7 places in 5 districts

Today is July 8 and SH has 74 new cases

We have to do PCR tests everyday, we must have a 24h test proof to leave the community .

We get a PCR proof after we do the PCR

When the government finds some people are close contact with covid cases they have to quarantine

Some people were covid close contact cases in the water park. They locked down the water park very quickly.

Many kids with their parents.

They can’t leave/they are not allowed to leave the water park until their test is negative twice in 48h.

74 new cases almost younger people -> most of the 74 new cases are younger people

I went to some restaurants, there are not many people. / they are quite empty 

People are not scared to eat in , they are scared to be locked down in a shopping mall or in a restaurant.

Sometimes I think we didn’t lock down I feel like didn’t free -> sometimes I think even if we are not in lockdown our life isn’t free 

You no travel, you no vacation, you no party and no funny thing in your life. -> you can’t travel (v), you can’t go on vacation , you can’t party and there is no funny thing in your life
It’s very boring, it’s meaningless 

My friend told me from New York to SH airplane tickets cost about 60k
It is very expensive 

Vocabulary

Empty (adj) 空的
the restaurant was quite empty, there were only 5 people
The IAPM shopping mall was quite empty, many restaurants went bankrupt  

Full (adj) 满的
The restaurant was full, we had to wait to get a table
Before Covid the restaurant was full everyday 

To go bankrupt (v) 破产
The restaurant went bankrupt

Ballroom (n) 舞厅
We will host the wedding in ballroom A 

Capacity (n) 容纳的能力
The restaurant is running at half capacity
The meeting room has capacity for 15 people.

Variant (n) 变体
The new cases are variants of Omicron

meaningless (adj) Having no meaning 没有意思
Living like that sometimes feels meaningless

Close contact (n) 密切接触案例
The government must monitor people in close contact with people positive to Covid 

Water park (n) an entertainment place like Disneyland with water
I took the kids to the water park

Throat (n) 咽喉
They do a throat test 

Proof (n) 证据 / 证明
You get a document as proof you have done the PCR test
Some banks ask for a proof of address
We must have a proof that we are not covid positive 

District (n) 区
I live in Xuhui district and work in Changing District 

Grammar

Use noun+less to create an adj 

Money +less -> moneyless (having no money)
moneyless (adj)
Tom is moneyless, he lost everything because of covid 

speech+less-> speechless (unable to speak)
Tom was so surprised he stayed speechless for a few minutes

life+less -> lifeless (feels like dead) 无生命的/ 失去知觉的
First you feel everything is meaningless and then you become lifeless 

Pronunciation

17 seventeen

70 seventy