F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

pocket money-零用钱

allowance (n): 1-money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing尤指为特定事项支付的）定期补贴，津贴
E.g.: The perks of the job include a company pension and a generous travel allowance.
这份工作的特殊待遇包括公司退休金计划和丰厚的差旅补助。
E.g.: I couldn’t have managed at college if I hadn’t had an allowance from my parents.
要不是父母定期给我生活费，我没法读完大学。

inflation (n): 1-a general, continuous increase in prices通货膨胀
E.g.: high/low inflation
高／低通货膨胀
E.g.: the rate of inflation
通货膨胀率
E.g.: 13 percent inflation
13%的通货膨胀率

privatization (n): 1-the process of selling companies or organizations that are owned by the government to private investors:
E.g.: The unions are worried that at least 100,000 jobs will disappear as a result of privatization. 工会担心私有化至少会造成10万个工作岗位的丧失。

privatization processes/plans

privatize (v): 1-If a government privatizes an industry, company, or service that it owns and controls, it sells it so that it becomes privately owned and controlled:
E.g.: I bought shares in British Gas when it was privatized.

bathrobe (n)浴袍