F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Vocabulary

1. hinder (verb)= 阻碍 拖后腿
ex: ally says the protective equipments will hinder her performance.
ex: the pen will hinder my performance on the test.
ex: my salary hinders my life quality.

2. stall/ stand/ booth= 摊位
ex: bathroom stall/ horse stall
ex: hotdog stand
ex: telephone booth 电话亭

3. vendor= 小商贩
ex: street vendor= 街边商贩
ex: vending machine= 自动售货机

4. street vending= 摆地摊
ex: is street vending legal?
ex: do you need a street vending permit?

5. permit (noun)= 许可证
ex: I have a permit to park here.
ex: can I see your permit?

6. run a stall= 摆地摊
ex: it’s a lot easier to run a stall than to run a business.
ex: if you could run a stall, what would you sell?

7. wet market= 菜市场
ex: do you prefer shopping at the wet market or the supermarket?
ex: when you buy food at the wet market, you can bargain the price.

8. do you buy it?= do you believe it?
ex: he says he’s a good man, do you buy it?
ex: the governments says that SH has no infected cases, I don’t buy it.

9. arm pitt = 腋下
ex: you should test your temperature from the arm pitt.

10. meaningless= pointless 没有意义
ex: I think it’s meaningless to verify the temperature.
ex: lots of people take meaningless precautions.

Speaking exercise

I think I will buy a lot of stuffs at Alibaba, every time i want to buy something on Taobao, I can use the picture and find the same stuff on Alibaba, it’s more cheaper. It needs to spend some time to choose some good shop, but it’s much cheaper. You just choose the shop that they have their own factory. I buy 10 underwear with 60 yuan.

Revised

I think I will buy a lot of stuffs at Alibaba, every time i want to buy something on Taobao, I can use the picture and find the same stuff/equivalents on Alibaba, it’s much cheaper. you need to spend some time to choose the good vendors, but it’s much cheaper. You just choose the shop which they has their own factory. I bought 10 underwear with less than 60 yuan.