VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Practice Tip: the TH Sounds

Today we focused on:

Today we focused on TH sound

Vocabulary

dob sb in (to sb) for sth/for doing sth
向(某人)告发另一人
to tell sb about sth that another person has done wrong
Sue dobbed me in to the teacher.-休向老师告了我一状。

workload (n):the amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time
工作量,工作负荷
Teachers are always complaining about their heavy workloads.
教师们总是抱怨工作繁重。
Students do find that their workload increases throughout the course.
学生们确实发现随着课程的推进他们的作业量越来越大。

delegate (v):to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you
(把…)委派(给…),(把…)委托(给…);授权(给…)
As a boss you have to delegate (responsibilities to your staff).
你作为老板必须要分派工作。
Authority to make financial decisions has been delegated to a special committee.
财政决策权已经交给一个特别委员会了。

Pronunciation

had to-hatto
have to-hafto

this is-ðisiz
this -ðis
these-/ðiːz/