VIP Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Write about your return to work and any challenges you had from that.

Vocabulary

identify the correlation between data and real life sales

a big and famous e-commerce platform

if it is found out – if somebody finds out they did it

if they get caught

maternity – related to mother

eg: I got rid of all my old maternity clothes.

paternity – related to father

eg: I don’t think they have paternity clothes.

phrase – some words, that are often used together

eg: Stand up, is a common phrase in English.

idiom – is a phrase, with a special meaning, usually figurative

eg: I didn’t want to stand up my date, so I went to the restaurant even though I was sick.

eg: I was stood up. I waited there for 2 hours.

eg: “stood up” is an idiom. It means, you are waiting for someone, but they didn’t show up, and they didn’t tell you.

Chengyu – a chinese idiom with 4 words.

saying – something people often say, and they think its probably true

eg: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

eg: The grass is always greener on the other side.

eg: Fan hou bai bu zou huo dao 99, means something like, You walk a 100 steps after dinner, you will live to be 99.

though – a bad thing, but with something good

eg: It’s raining outside, but it’s not cold though.

by – up until that time, but not after

eg: We need your answer by 5pm.

immediate / extended family –

eg: Immediate family is your mother, father, brother, sister. Extended family is everyone else.

Though I am the only child in my family, my parents were both born in very big families – my farther has 5 siblings, and my mother has 6. Therefore, CNY is really a big day for my family with so many relatives to meet.
We had planned to travel in CNY, but with so many people in the decision, we never got an agreed destination. So far, we spent all CNY in my hometown with whole family, and I think the following one is the same.
I plan to fly back to my hometown by the day before CNY Eve. By that time, my parents should already buy all food, beverage & snacks needed in CNY, which are usually over-loaded. On CNY Eve, my small family will drive to my grandma’s. All my relatives from my father side will gather around, talk to each other, and prepare for the big eve dinner.
Eve dinner dishes seem similar every year. Dumplings are must, following by pork, chicken, shrimp, & vegetables. There will be also changes, say, last year I even saw Japanese salmon sushi. I wonder what will be shown as new dish this year.
After dinner, I quite enjoy talking to my cousins while watching TV. We grew up together, while now we are working in different cities, and basically only see each other once or twice a year. One of my cousins are going to get married in July 2019. She told me her love story on Wechat in pieces, but I still want more gossip & show my congratulation to her F2F.
When midnight comes, we will say ‘happy CNY’ to everybody. Though all my cousins & I are already adults, we will still get “Lucky Money” from my grandma. That’s my favorite time since my childhood. When I was a child, I was happy to get it as I could buy things that I wanted. Now I am happy as I am still treated as a child, who always enjoy big amount of love from my grandma.
It seems a normal, and maybe even a little boring CNY among most people in China. But I have to say, CNY is still my favorite festival. Busy working life in big city makes me treasure those peaceful days with family around. Hope CNY coming soon!

Even though I am the only child in my family, my parents were both born in very big families – my farther has 5 siblings, and my mother has 6. Therefore, CNY is really a big day for my family with so many relatives to meet.
We‘d planned to travel during CNY, but with so many people deciding, we never agreed on a destination. So far, we spent all CNY in my hometown with my whole family, and I think the following one will be the same.
I plan to fly back to my hometown the day before CNY Eve. By that time, my parents should have already bought too much food, drinks & snacks, as usual, for CNY. On CNY Eve, my immediate family will drive to my grandma’s. All my relatives from my father‘s side will gather around, talk to each other, and prepare for the big evening dinner.
Those dishes seem similar every year. Dumplings are a must, followed by pork, chicken, shrimp, & vegetables. There will also be changes, for example, last year I even saw Japanese salmon sushi. I wonder what will be presented as a new dish this year.
After dinner, I quite enjoy talking to my cousins while watching TV. We grew up together, but now we are working in different cities, and basically only see each other once or twice a year. One of my cousins is going to get married in July 2019. She told me her love story on Wechat in pieces, but I still want more gossip & to wish her congratulations face to face.
When midnight comes, we will say ‘happy CNY’ to everybody. Though all my cousins & I are already adults, we will still get “Lucky Money” from my grandma. That’s my favorite time since childhood. When I was a child, I was happy to get it as I could buy things that I wanted. Now I am happy as I am still treated like a child, who always enjoys a lot of of love from my grandma.
It seems normal, and maybe even a little boring for CNY among most people in China. But I have to say, CNY is still my favorite festival. A Busy work life in a big city makes me treasure those peaceful days with family around. I Hope CNY comes soon!

Grammar

every piece of data does is misleading

I hope it comes soon (Usually or always Come) (Every year)

eg: I hope Christmas comes soon this year.

Pronunciation

manipulate – Muh Nip Ya Late

eg: I don’t think the data has been manipulated.