F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

“there’s too many cooks in the kitchen” – Don’t make things too confusing by adding too many people

not very popular – not very common

Ivy League – 常春藤联盟

dynamic – 动态

grade 4 = 4th grade

crowdfunding – a mountain of people giving small dollars to make a project come alive

Kickstarter / Indie Go-Go

e.g. You started a Kickstarter campaign.

e.g. The company was crowd funded.

broke out = it took off – all of the sudden it was very successful

e.g. The company started off slow, they were in business for 3 years, and then out of nowhere the company broke out and was wildly successful.

to pledge money- to commit money to a project – to promise to give money in the future if certain goals are met

think of themselves = consider themselves

to fund something – to give money to a project

across the span – it applies to all of them in this category

e.g. Across the span of media…

e.g. Across the span of our business efforts in 2019 we have been very successful.

wide breadth 

e.g. Michelle has a wide breadth of experience spanning the finance industry, education…

crown jewel – the most important and celebrated part of something

e.g. The FBI is the crown jewel of the United States law enforcement.

drop in the bucket – insignificant

e.g. Apple makes billions of dollars every year – $1,000 for Apple is just a drop in the bucket – but it’s a lot of money for me.

off color = inappropriate

Grammar

I born baby very early / I had a baby very early

have you ever had a boss?

another reason is that / another reason was that

she always saying / she was always saying