F2F Class Notes (Vicki)

A businessman who sells bottled water is now the richest man in China. The business magazine Bloomberg named Mr Zhong Shanshan as China’s richest man in its latest Billionaires Index. The magazine said Mr Zhong is worth over $58 billion. This makes him $2 billion richer than the previous number one, Jack Ma. Mr Ma founded the retail Internet giant Alibaba. Mr Zhong made his wealth from his Nongfu Spring bottled water company. He then branched out into making vaccines. He is the chairman of a vaccine manufacturer called the Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. Mr Zhong is now 17th on the global rich list. It seems that he will move up that list in the future.

Vocabulary

regret (v.) their decision to go

take days off

corgi (ke ji) – a type dog with the big butts

district – qu

compensate – pei chang

refuse vs. reject 

refuse – we say no without questions (don’t want)
i.e. I refuse to let my cat go without me.

reject – answer to a question (I am saying no)
i.e. Q: Can I come with you to the play? A: I am sorry but I will have to reject because I am already taking someone else.

bottle (noun.) – pin zi
i.e There is a bottle over there.

bottled (adj.) – pin zhuang
bottled water – water in a bottle

billion – shi yi

billionaire – someone with more than shi yi yuan

index – list

previous – the one before

giant (adj.) – very very big
i.e. There is a giant ball over there.

giant (noun.) – a very big corporation

wealth – fortune – the amount of money that sb has

branch (noun.) – fen zhi

branch out (v.) – to go into a different direction

vaccine (noun.) – a shot that you get to prevent sickness

evolve – to keep updating with time

flu shot – liu gan yi miao

trustworthy – can be trusted

strike – ba gong

immune system – mian yi xi tong

chance – gai lv

respiratory disease – disease with your hu xi xi tong