Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Speaking exercise

it’s a relaxing weekend, I went to my parents and today I stayed at home cause outside is very hot around 39 degrees. My father went to Yangzhou a city very close to Shanghai and my mother was staying at home the whole day taking care of the dog. My mother cooked lunch, after lunch I wash dishes after my boyfriend came to my home and then we went to the supermarket, took a dog for a walk and later we went home.  Today I wake up at 9 am and after that, I’m doing some work, I’m doing a report for work. Last two weeks I was on my business trip for nearly 10 days in Shenzhen.

it’s a relaxing weekend, I went to my parents’ and today I stayed at home cause outside is very hot around 39 degrees. My father went to Yangzhou a city very close to Shanghai and my mother was staying at home the whole day taking care of the dog. My mother cooked/prepared lunch, after lunch, I washed the dishes after that my boyfriend came to my home and then we went to the supermarket, took a dog for a walk and later we went home.  Today I woke up at 9 am and after that, I did/was doing some work, I’m doing a report for work. Last two weeks I was on my business trip, stayed in Shenzhen for nearly 10 days.

Vocabulary

custody (n): the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died
照管,监护;(尤指对父母离异或去世的孩子的)监护权
The court awarded/granted/gave custody of the child to the father.
法庭将孩子的监护权判给了父亲。
The mother got/received custody of the child.
母亲得到了孩子的监护权。
The parents were given joint custody.
孩子的父母获取了共同监护权。

one-off (n): something that happens or is made or done only once
一次性的事物
Will you be doing more talks in the future or was that just a one-off?
你将来还要作多次的讲话还是只此一次?

sustainability (n): the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time:
-the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability

up in the air
If a matter is up in the air, it is uncertain, often because other matters have to be decided first:
The whole future of the project is still up in the air.