VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

My previous boss is totally a crooked, because he doesn’t follow the Chinese law at all. Even he makes lots of money in China every year, still cannot make him to be a good citizen. I know some people are an acquired taste, however not my previous boss. He took a holiday to France several times, during his holidays, he always called to me at 4 in the morning of China time

My previous boss is totally a crooked man/is a total crook, because he doesn’t follow the Chinese law at all. Although, he makes lots of money in China every year, even that cannot make him to be become a good citizen. I know that some people are a bit of  an acquired taste, however not my previous boss/ my boss wasn’t/ isn’t one of those. He took a holiday to France several times, during his holidays and he always called to me at 4 in the morning of China time.

Vocabulary

crook (n): a very dishonest person, especially a criminal or a cheat:
E.g.: These politicians are just a bunch of crooks.

train attendant-列车乘务员

semester (n): 1-one of the periods into which a year is divided at a college or university, especially in the US and Australia:
E.g.: the first/second semester
E.g.: the spring/fall semester

constitution-宪法

America imposed sanctions on Iran
美国对伊朗实施制裁

impose (v): 1-to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:
E.g.: Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes.
E.g.: Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.
E.g: The council has imposed a ban on alcohol in the city parks.

sanction (n): 1-an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law:
E.g.: Many nations have imposed sanctions on the country because of its attacks on its own people.
E.g.: Trade/economic sanctions will only be lifted (= stopped) when the aggressor nation withdraws its troops.

procrastination (n): 1-拖延, the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring:
E.g.: This is no time for procrastination – we need decisive action.

procrastinate (v): 1-to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring:
E.g.: I know I’ve got to deal with the problem at some point – I’m just procrastinating.

procrastinator (n)

maternity leave-产假 a period in which a woman is legally allowed to be absent from work in the weeks before and after she gives birth