F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Vocabulary

1.expat= 外籍雇员
ex: I am an expat working in SH.
ex: Not only is he an expat, but he is also white/ Caucasian.

2. lmao= laugh my ass off
ex: lmao, you’re too funny.

3. curfew= 宵禁
ex: the US cities announced curfew after protest.

4. riot (rai yet) (noun)= 暴动
ex: there are riots going on in America and HK.

5. demonstration (noun)= 游行 (bad parade)
ex: there are ongoing demonstrations in different states in America.

Speaking exercise

I have a colleague from America, he’s my director. If you are Chinese, maybe you will just have 40,000 a month. They do the same thing and he can got 100,000 a month.

My colleague is working in America, but we are same company. He just came to China for a long business trip and find job in China.

Revised

I have a colleague from America, he’s my director. If you are Chinese, maybe you will just earn 40,000 a month. They do the same thing and he could earn over 100,000 a month.

My colleague is working in America, but we are from same company. He just came to China for a long business trip and looks for a job in China.

Reading

Demonstrations and riots have spread to cities across the United States after a video went viral of George Floyd being suffocated to death by a white police officer in the mid-western US state of Minnesota on Monday.

Curfews were imposed in several major cities rocked by civil disturbances in recent days, including Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Denver, Cincinnati, Portland, Oregon, and Louisville, Kentucky.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced at a press conference Saturday afternoon that a curfew will be in effect in the city’s downtown beginning from 8 pm Saturday to 5:30 am Sunday local time.

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan on Saturday announced a city-wide curfew for Satruday and Sunday from 5:00 pm (2100GMT) to 5:00 am (0900GMT) after protests broke out downtown.