F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

mention (v):to speak about something quickly, giving little detail or using few words
提及,说起,谈到
E.g.: I’ll mention your ideas to Jacinta.
我会跟哈辛塔说一下你的想法。
E.g.: He casually mentioned (that) he was leaving his job.
他不经意地提到他要辞职了。
E.g.: My wife mentioned seeing you the other day.
我妻子提到前几天见到了你。

How tall are you?
I’m 1.60 tall- one sixty

after the training I feel relieved of pressure-训练结束后,我感到压力减轻了

fire (v): to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
解雇,开除
E.g.: She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer.
她因偷雇主的东西时当场被抓而遭解雇。
E.g.: He was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance.
他因为表现不佳丢掉了他薪资16.5万美元的工作。

lay sb off (v): to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do
解雇(某人),解聘(某人)
E.g.: Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers.
由于订单减少,公司被迫解雇了数百名工人。
E.g.: I was laid off last week.
E.g.: We have had to lay off all our workers.

she knows how to sell herself, and that’s a very good skill to have
她知道如何推销自己,这是一项很好的技能

freelancer (n): someone who does particular pieces of work for different organizations, rather than working all the time for a single organization
自由职业者
E.g.: The firm employs several freelances.
该事务所雇用了几个自由职业者。

I need to start from zero-我要从零开始

I need to start from scratch-我需要从头开始
start anew; make a fresh start

from scratch -from the beginning, without using anything that already exists
从头开始,从零开始
E.g.: Ben built the shed from scratch.
本从零开始把棚屋搭了起来。
E.g.: I made this bread from scratch
我是白手起家做的面包