Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Pronunciation

commissioner – “com mish shen ner”

consul – “kon sul” 

genre – “gen rah”

anime – “an nim may”

colleague – “col leeg”
college – “col lidj”

Vocabulary

positive (feeling) / active (take action)

what we specialise in / what we are good at

long lifetime – lifespan 

target different age groups

in a timely manner – quickly / on time

there’s few – there’s not many / there’s not a great number of 

refund / rebate – money back from the government for tax

federal government – country’s government

triple A game

internet cafe – wang ba
eg. we went to internet cafes

reminisce – to get the feeling of the past by experiencing or discussing your past
eg. we played starcraft and reminisced about our childhood

nostalgia (n) / nostalgic (adj) – to have the feeling of the past / your past experience
eg. playing starcraft was really nostalgic

Grammar

they no need to go abroad – they don’t need to go abroad