F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Grammar

if a rich man buy the newspaper he can control the public consensus / if a rich man buys a newspaper…he can control public [perception]

I heard the…a news / I heard the news 

both of him / both of them

if a man want to / if a man wants to 

if you want to succeed you should create your own family before chasing your career / before you chase your career / both OK

if you want to get successful / if you want to become successful

e.g. If you want to have success.

e.g. If you want to [achieve] success.

if a couple they want to divorce / if a couple wants to divorce 

is fair to him / is fair for him

the Canada not only do the drug smuggling / the Canadian not only smuggled drugs

it is not depends on where he came from / it doesn’t matter where he came from

it depends on where he committed the criminal /it matters where he committed the crime

Pronunciation

succeed / NOT secede / SUCK-SEED

him / heen

Vocabulary

no fault divorce / you can divorce your spouse for any reason

e.g. In America, and maybe China, a woman can ask for a “no fault divorce”.

“behind every great man, there is an even greater woman”

counter example 反例

devil’s advocate / I don’t disagree with you, but I will act like I disagree with you, so that we can think about another perspective.

e.g. Nicholas is playing devil’s advocate.

lawless / to have no laws or no one follows the laws of the government

e.g. The country is lawless.