F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

they will confiscate and destroy the goods
他们将没收销毁货物

how often do you have to pay for your phone?
你多久付一次电话费

sometimes it happens once a month, sometimes more often
有时一个月发生一次,有时更频繁

once a month/year/day
twice a month/year/day
twice an hour (AUR)
three times a day
five times
ten times one hundred times

tainted beef-污染牛肉

certificate of origin
原产地证书

Grammar

1st-first  第一
2nd-second
3rd- third (/θɝːd/)
4th– fourth ……….th
11th
12th
13th
14th
21st
22nd twenty second
23rd twenty third (/θɝːd/)
24th twenty fourth
31st thirty first

today is the 31st of August

format British: day-month-year       American: month-day-year
A the Fourteenth of March,           2016 March the Fourteenth, 2016
B 14th March 2016                                     March 14th, 2016
C 14 March 2016                                         March 14, 2016
D 14/3/2016                                                         3/14/2016
E 14/3/16                                                              3/14/16
F 14/03/16                                                          03/14/16

mind(v):(used in questions and negatives) to be annoyed or worried by something
(用于疑问句和否定句)介意,反对

Do you mind if I (= may I) put the TV on?
你介意我打开电视吗?
No, please go for it

Do you mind me smoking?
我抽烟你介意吗?
Yes I do, please smoke outside

Would you mind turning (= please turn) your radio down a little please?
请你将收音机的声音调小一些好吗?