F2F Class Notes 10th January (Jesse)

Pronunciation

A study says female doctors are better than male doctors, but get less pay. Researchers looked at three million medical records. The numbers of people who stayed in hospital a second time or who died were lower if the doctor was female. Death rates were 15.02% for patients of female doctors and 15.57% for male doctors.

mill yen / mil ee en = million

usual – you zhhhha ul

company – cum pa nee 

today I woke up at 8oclock as usual (pr). I went to work after I had breakfast at home. I took a subway. It takes me about 40 minutes. My company (pr) is near here so I walk to my company from the jingan temple station is about 15 minutes.

today I woke up at 8oclock as usual (pr). I went to work after I had breakfast at home. I took the subway which took about 40 minutes. My workplace / office is near here  / nearby so I walk to work from jingan temple station which is about 15 minutes from work.

Vocabulary

and you? / how about you? / what about you? – ni ne

it is tiring (describe sth) / i am tired (feeling)
eg. I am tired, because work is tiring

boring / bored 
eg. I am bored because this teacher is boring

work / home / school
eg. I go home
eg2. I go to work / I go to school
eg3. I am at home / I am at work / I am at school

which / that = describes the sentence or thing you just said
eg. I have a cat which is fat
eg2. I bought a new phone, which makes me happy

Grammar

i took the bus / subway
i took a taxi
i took a boat / ferry
i walked
i flew