VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

He wore the Edward crown , he was the king a long time ago.

I work and go home and go back to work / I was very busy with work. / I focused on work
I read a little and then I am busy.
I read a few pages and my boss realizes it.

There are a lot of people and it is crowded so I don’t want to read there. / it is not a good environment for reading.
On week ends I am busy too and I always help other students to write their graduation papers.

It is a part time job. I write and when I finish I send the papers to them.
I also teach her history and English.

I find information on the internet or in the books.

She wants to pass the exam so he wants me to teach her how to pass the exam quickly and find the key words on the school books.
I also need to read Chinese history and modern history.
Her books include a lot of political ideas.

I only write literature graduation papers. / I only write papers related to literature subjects
My university classmate also does this.
If they have to defend the paper I also can also teach them / coach them in preparation.

The Shanghai Museum has good art history, There is a British museum exhibition about the renaissance.

My parents like Chinese painting.
They use a calligraphy brush.

The characters are hard to read because the shape is not standard  / they are very stylized.

My bosses can all do calligraphy, during Chinese new year / during the spring festival they write words on the red square papers. / they write characters for luck and put them in the office. / they decorate the office with them. They usually do that around new year.

I don’t think AI is safe.

Self driving cars can lead to car accidents / car crashes

I haven’t been to Beijing
I like to ride bicycles.

I decided to rest at home.

I have plans to travel to Zhejiang with my University classmates but I am very busy and my bosses didn’t allow me to take a holiday  / didn’t approve my leave.

People of Pudong development bank are on strike.
The salary is low and most of employees became third party company employees. / they suffered a pay cut and the bank forced them to become third party employees

middle man / intermediary  (n) a company in the middle connecting 2 people
Didi is an intermediary, it puts together a driver and someone who needs a ride

They signed a contract but they are not really bank employees.
These companies all take money from the employees.
They want the bank to pay them so they can leave

All of my bosses are government official.

Bank clerks have better benefits but third party employees get almost no benefits.

I don’t want to stay in a bank, I want to go abroad to study or something or change to another job but I haven’t found a good job yet.

I want to write but the salary is low / I want to become a writer but the pay is low.
And I would have to join a private company. The boss may be very hard to communicate with.
Maybe they can’t get my point / maybe I cannot communicate with them easily.

Right now my boss and I have similar passions. I can talk with them and they can understand.
If I get to a new company it may be hard to socialize with the colleagues.

Pronunciation

retire

clerk

rest

Vocabulary

to socialize (v) to discuss and make connections
It is hard to socialize with people from a different background

exit package (n) when a company offers you money for you to leave
They offered a nice exit package and many people decided to leave the company.

pay cut (n) when you salary is lowered
Pudong bank people suffered a pay cut

forbidden palace (n) place in Beijing
He visited the forbidden palace.

car accident (n) when a car crashes into something
He went to the hospital because he had a car accident

calligraphy (n) the art of writing
He likes calligraphy

calligraphy brush (n) brush used to write words or characters
He used a calligraphy brush to write some characters

exhibition (n) when some art pieces are displayed
There is an exhibition on the Renaissance at the Shanghai Museum.

renaissance (n) period of art history 14-16th century
The renaissance is an interesting period of history

shadow writer (n) a writer who writes for other people
I work as a part time shadow writer.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)  (n) 人工智能
AI is very hot right now