Online Class Notes (Alex) (S)

topic: write about Singapore’s economic prospects in the next few years, in your opinion

Vocabulary

lately = in recent days
e.g. Did you go to Hong Kong lately?

complicated
e.g. the situation is very complicated

ease tensions = make people calm down
e.g. my colleagues try to find ways to ease tensions

typhoon 台风

beat / beat / beaten

lead / led / led 

chaos = noun
chaotic = adjective
e.g. the situation is chaotic 

Grammar

the man was beat – the man was beaten 

young people are misleaded – young people are misled 

the schools are also face chaos – the schools are also facing chaos

the company tries to warn us don’t go to dangerous places – the company tries to warn us not to go to dangerous places

Singapore is more flexibility – Singapore is more flexible 

tell/ warn/ order somebody not to do something

warn somebody not to do something
tell somebody not to do something
e.g. I told you not to fall asleep

to order somebody not to do something
e.g. my boss ordered me not to leave the office before 10pm

(order is a strong word, it means you don’t have any other choice)