Online Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

Dormant – a sleeping volcano
Opposite: Active / Erupting – active is a volcano with the potential to erupt; to erupt is for hot rock to be coming out

Boom Town – a town which has developed and become wealthy very quickly
e.g. Like Silicon Valley, or the places where they found gold.

To Solicit Bids – to ask for offers to provide a service

Grammar

A tourism island – a tourist island

It’s a volcano island – a volcanic island

Beijing is the politics center – Beijing is the political center

Do you mind if I come back two minutes later? – Do you mind if I come back in two minutes? / Do you mind if I take two minutes (to answer this call)? / Do you mind if I come back after two minutes?
— Later is more general, expressing just some time in the future, unless the sentence is in the past, but it still is used as a general relational word (no reference to another action)
e.g. I’ll do it later (I’m not telling you when)
e.g. He arrived two hours later than we did (or than he should have)
— After usually links two actions
e.g. I’ll call you after I finish this project.
e.g. After he cooked dinner, he turned on the TV and ate.