F2F Class Notes 24th February (Joseph)
Vocabulary
Forecasters – people that plan and predict the future (e.g. Forecasters predict that next week’s weather will be sunny.)
Retail – when you can buy things from shops /online retail – buying that happens online only.
Decade – 10 years (e.g. I will be 33 in a decade.)
Scenario – situation (e.g. Worst-case scenario I will lose my job and go to jail.)
Penetration (business definition) – how popular something is in a market
Categories – the different section (e.g. My business sell three different product categories. One is dog treats, the other dog toys, and finally dog houses.)
Prediction – to use research to make a guess at what will happen in the future (e.g. I predict that in 5 years England will be under water.)
Enable – can do something (e.g. Fast economic growth enabled China to become the second largest economy in the world.)
Entirely – 全部 (totally)
Comprehend – to understand (e.g. I can’t comprehend why there is so much pollution today.)
Counterfeit – 假的东西
Capitalise – to make money from something (e.g. China capitalised on cheap labour cost in order to grow their economy quickly.)
Lucrative – something that makes a lot of money (e.g. Italian leather is a very lucrative business because people from all over the world love to buy it.)
Pronunciation
Pounds (pow-nds)
Minuits (min-its)
ecommerce (ee-com-mer-s)
Produced (pro-doo-sed)
Fuel
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