F2F Class Notes 6th January (Tanya) [1]

Vocabulary

advertising – 广告

unreasonable – not reasonable

e.g. My girlfriend wants me to wear a bright pink suit, that’s unreasonable.

airconditioning – 空调

e.g. If it’s really hot, you can just put on the airconditioning.

scrumptious – very delicious

e.g. The food in Korea was absolutely scrumptious.

cosmetics – make-up products

e.g. I bought a ton of cosmetics when I was in Korea.

skincare products – 保养品

e.g. Korean skincare products are supposed to be really good.

hand luggage – 手行李

e.g. When you travel on cheap flights, you can usually only bring hand luggage.

groceries – 买菜

e.g. You have to go and buy groceries otherwise we can’t cook dinner.

leftovers – when you have food that’s left over and you keep it

e.g. There’s some leftovers from yesterday in the fridge.

winter break – 寒假

trimesters – when a school year is broken up in three parts, three trimesters

e.g. Shanghai University is the only school in China with trimesters.

semesters – when a school year is broken up in two parts, two semesters

e.g. Most schools have two semesters in a school year.

thesis – 论文

e.g. At my university we get an entire year off to write our thesis.

we don’t have many time – we don’t have much time