VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

We did the pilot this Monday.

It should be 9-6 but I think most people go to work at 10 and get off work at 7 or 8.
Most arrive around 9:30 and leave at 7.

I can enough time to parenting my son -> to parent my son , to help him with his HW.
I asked my parents to send my son to home -> to send my son home

I went there alone, they could not afford the additional travel fees.
If you wanted to send a message it was CNY3 per message.
One day my mum asked me not to send too many messages because they had checked the bill and realized I had spent 300 on messages.
I cried because I missed them and they asked me not to send too many messages.

I saw the gap and I knew / I realized I couldn’t do anything except study well.

They gave me everything they could.

It was a coincidence that he saw a short video about this movie.
It also covers education / it has good concepts about education.

The headmaster is someone who teaches the students but he is very strict.
One of them is a genius and never does what the headmaster wants

he pretended to be a student.

It is meaningless to know the meaning of those words because they don’t exist

you are the professor
It uses a lot of great stories to illustrate the meaning of education
He explains why we need education and why we study.
A lot of parents ask their kids -> tell their kids if you don’t study well you won’t make money

It is not possible for everyone to be rich in the future.

If you make me choose between wealth and happiness I would choose happiness.

She knows some day traders,  she has inner information and they have wechat groups. They will recommend people in the group to buy some stocks.
I can only only invest what I can bear to lose.
She will invest 500k. If she takes a loss she doesn’t care and if she makes money she can earn a lot.
For middle or low class it is because they have no space to take risk. / they don’t have enough capital to take that risk.

before the sun sets.

sometimes they succeed

The government doesn’t want you to go higher than that , it is a way of maintaining harmony in the society.
The 1% only wants to maintain their status.

they are not willing to work manual jobs / service jobs.

Now a lot of people have master degrees so the school becomes more important.

You need to make your paper printed on magazines.
You need to get a publication in a magazine. / Your paper has to be published

I am not someone who is good at writing paper

I am a more practical person . I don’t like theory  , I like to get hand on experience

The difference is my paper forecasted that it would go bankrupt at a different time / sooner than the other

Vocabulary

practical (adj) liking to actually do things rather than just think about concepts
I am very practical
I enjoy working because I am a practical person, all those theories sometimes they don’t really apply to the real world

vocational school : school teaching you a manual job
He went to a vocation school to become a plumber

blue collar worker (n) working in manufacturing / factory
Tom is a blue collar worker

white collar worker (n) working in a company / in services
Many people are now white collar workers.

risk averse (adj) not liking risk
They are very risk averse

risk profile (n) kind of risk someone wants to take
Tom has a high risk profile because he is still very young

conservative (adj) 保守的
He as a very conservative investment strategy

Sunset light (n) (晚霞)  reddish and orange hues of the sky during sunset. Example: The sunset light was so beautiful that I took a picture of it.

Blue hour (n) (蓝色时刻)  period of twilight before sunrise or after sunset when the sky has a blue hue.
He captured a stunning photo during the blue hour.

Dawn (n) (黎明) refers to the time of day when the sun starts to rise.
She woke up at dawn to go for a morning walk.

Dusk (n) (黄昏)  time of day just after sunset when the sky is still bright but darkness is setting in.
They enjoyed a romantic dinner at the beach during dusk.

Pronunciation

present

pretend