F2F Class Notes 20th December (Raph)

Vocabulary

Chill (adj/v): 1- very relaxed or easygoing. 2- to relax and have a good time.
E.g.: I just want to go home and chill.

Chill (n): 1- coldness. (adj: chilly)
E.g.: There was a chill in the autumn air.

Generation (n): 1- all of the people born and living at about the same time. 2- the group of people who are around the same age.
E.g.: We need to protect the planet  for future generations.

Mulled wine: 甜酒

Q: How is your week?
A: It is ______.
E.g.: busy, boring, great, not too bad, not so good, very good, etc.

Pronunciation

Vietnam: \vē-ˈet-ˈnäm\

Subject: \ˈsəb-jekt\

Wine: \ˈwīn\

Generation: \ˌje-nə-ˈrā-shən\

Corrections

It will come a few days later. – It will come in a few days. / It will come a few days from now.

A traditional save money way. – A traditional way of saving money.

Writing exercise

Original:

The subject of how to manage your money is worth for thinking for everyone. There is a famous sentence that “If you don’t manage your money, the money will stay away from you”. Along with the improvement of finance awareness, the people start to invest kinds of financial products, like stocks, foreign currency, funds, insurances, houses, and so on. On the contrary, the traditional way of putting their money in the bank has not been pay attention to. A good example is that a part of older people have started to invest stocks.

Edited:

How to manage your money is a subject worth thinking for everyone. There is a famous quote that says: “If you don’t manage your money, the money will stay away from you”. The improvement of financial awareness, makes people start to invest in different kinds of financial products, like stocks, foreign currency, funds, insurances, real estate, and so on. On the other hand, traditional forms of investment, such as putting money in the bank, are becoming less and less popular. A good example of that is that a part of the older generation has started to invest in stocks.