F2F Class Notes 28th August (Ben)

pronunciation
grammar

我对elon musk的家庭知道所所有的一切
I know everything about Elon Musk’s family.

否定 deny
make a decision

a colleague – “KO-league”
colleagues = “KO-leegz”

serious = “see-rius”
were = “wur”

My previous colleagues were very serious

We were late yesterday. When we walked in the office, it was obvious we were very nervous.
a-e-i-o-u: THE= ‘thee’
the agenda
the exit
the inspection
the orange
the US

association = a-so-SYA-shun
position = pu-ZI-shun

My colleague doesn’t have a very high position in the association

private = PRI-vit
corporate = COR-po-rit
violence = VI-luns

Private decisions have led to corporate violence.

resist= ra-ZIST
resistance = ra-ZIS-tuns
educate = E-du-cate
education = e-du-CA-shun
procedure = pro-SEE-djur

Doctors need education on medical procedures.
better = ‘bedder’
butter = ‘budder’
later = ‘lader’
computer = ‘computer’

Maybe I can use a better computer later.

a lawyer
desert 沙漠 = ‘DE-zurt’
dessert 甜点 = ‘da-ZURT’

The lawyer was eating dessert in the desert.

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Previous decisions had made our colleagues nervous. It was obvious that corporate lawyers had better computers and easier procedures than private lawyers in our association.

You couldn’t deny these were obvious signs of corporate violence.

I was nervous and didn’t want to resist, I made the decision to come back later, went to the eating room and put butter on my dessert.