F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

greasy spoon –a small, cheap restaurant, especially one that sells a lot of fried food（尤指供应油炸食物的）低级小餐馆，廉价小饭馆
E.g.: I saw him eat lunch at the greasy spoon yesterday.

strict (adj): 1-strongly limiting someone’s freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do not obey要求严格的，严厉的
E.g.: My parents were very strict with me when I was young.
我小的时候父母对我要求非常严格。

Chinese food safety laws are not really strict
中国的食品安全法不是很严格
and very often they’re not enforced

enforce (v): 1-to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted使服从（法律）；（强制）实行，执行，把…强加于
E.g.: It isn’t always easy for the police to enforce speed limits.
对警察来说，严格执行限速规定并不总是件易事。

expiration date
到期日期

tamper with something- （v）： 1-to touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it胡乱摆弄；擅自改动；蓄意破坏
E.g.： I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with.
我一下子就看出锁已被人动过了。

KFC was tampering with expiry date of their products