F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

I was about to call Mike last Sunday, when he unexpectedly arrived to my place.

Most of the people prefer to travel by plane.
A large number of the people like traveling by plane

A large majority of people prefer traveling by plane over other means of transportation

Traveling by plane is the most popular choice to majority of people/ the major part of the population

Every day I go to work
Day after day I go to work
I work every day
I work daily
I work 7 days a week

I will never buy those shoes
These shoes not value to buy-it’s not worth buying these shoes
I won’t buy these shoes
I would never buy these shoes.

We got an offer from a government agency to work on a project because we got the bid.

over (preposit): more then
E.g.: I value quality of life over money.
我把生活质量看得比金钱更重要。

easy/easier/easiest

majority (n)the larger number or part of something
大多数，大部分
E.g. :The majority of the employees have university degrees.
大部分雇员都有大学文凭。
E.g. :A large majority of people approve of the death sentence.
大多数人赞成死刑。
E.g. :In Britain women are in the/a majority.
在英国，女性占多数。

minority (n): 1-a smaller number or part
少数
E.g. :It’s only a tiny minority of people who are causing the problem.
惹麻烦的只是极少数人。
E.g. :Children with single parents at my school were very much in the minority (= there were very few).
在我的学校里单亲孩子只占极少数。

unexpectedly
意外地

bid (v): /bidding/bid 1-If two or more people bid for a job, they compete with each other to do the work by offering to do it for a particular amount of money.
投标，竞标
E.g. :The department is trying to ensure fairer competition among firms bidding for city contracts.
该部门正努力确保竞标政府合同的公司之间的竞争更为公平。
E.g. :Paris is bidding to host the next Olympics.
巴黎正在争取主办下一届奥运会。

proposal (n): 1-a suggestion, sometimes a written one
建议；计划；提案
E.g. :Have you read Steve’s proposals for the new project?
你看了史蒂夫对新项目的建议了吗？