F2F Class Notes 6th September (Ben)

I went for nothing.
cold and sleepy

short sleeves 短袖
It’s a very obscure way of speaking 隐晦
obscure 隐晦

homosexual
homo = same 同
sex = 性
sexual orientation = homosexual (gay) or heterosexual (straight)

a straight man 直男
All languages influence each other.
context helps 上下文

change:
1. improvement/worsening
2. spare money 零钱
I work for change =
I work to change things.
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FOR + noun
TO + verb
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I work for the improvement of the company’s image.
I work to improve the company’s image.
I work for improving the company’s image. (ok but not frequent because there is already a noun that we can use – improvement)

teach
I work to teach students.
I work for teaching students. (also ok but not frequent)
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The mighty ant can lift a thousand times its own weight. = 一千倍
The mighty ant can lift its own weight a thousand times. = 一千次

Listening, speaking, reading and writing are the 4 most important things when learning English = in English-learning

blurry
social etiquette
It is social etiquette to say ‘sorry’ when you bump into someone.

Do you know how many words there are in historical records?
520,000 five hundred twenty thousand

It’s very abstruse 难解的 = obscure

fire = let go
He was let go