F2F Class Notes (Ben) [W]

Homework : use the words here to write a text.

Grammar

eat / ate / eaten

I eat –> Do you eat?

I ate –> Did you eat?

I have eaten –> Have you eaten?

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am,are / was / been

I am –> Are you?

I was –> Were you?

I have been –> Have you been?

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How are you (today)?

How were you (yesterday)?

How have you  been (since last time) ?

1,000 = thousand

1,000,000 = million (百万)

1,000,000,000 = a billion (十亿)

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100,000,000 = 1 hundred million 亿

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1,300,000,000  = 1 billion 300 million = 1.3 billion

There are 1.3 billion people in China.

There are 1.2 billion people in India.

There are 6.7 billion people in the world.

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A small apartment in Xujiahui is 6 million RMB.

Homework

Skeptical: (adj)
Eg: We believed many things when we were a child, however, we are skeptical for most things when we are growing up.

Shock Factor: (N.)
Eg: people are usually impacted by the shock factor they’ve occurred in life.

Lure: (V.)
Eg: Some old people are lured to buy healthcare medicine that declare to give them healthy.

Bait (N.)
Eg: we put a cheese as bait to mouse.

Tabloid: (N.)
Eg: the news in this magazine are all tabloids.

Speculate (V.)
Eg: we have to speculate the market trends for retail industry, even though we don’t have enough information for reference now.

Edited version

Skeptical: (adj)
Eg: We believe many things when we are children, however, we get skeptical about most things as we grow up.

Shock Factor: (N.)
Eg: people are usually impacted by the shock (factor) they’ve received in life.

Many companies use the shock factor to get famous.

Lure: (V.)
Eg: Some old people are lured into buying over-the-counter medicine that claims to make them healthy.

Bait (N.)
Eg: we put a cheese as a bait for mice.

Tabloid: (N.)
Eg: the news in these magazines are all tabloids.

Speculate (V.)
Eg: we have to speculate the market trends for the retail industry, even though we don’t have enough information for reference now.

when = a one-time action

as = many actions, a repeated action

It’s important to say hello when you arrive to the office. (you only arrive to the office once a day)

It’s important to keep learning as you grow up. (you grow up every day)

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lure someone into doing sthg

Some people lure you into giving them money.

I was lured into following a man to a tea ceremony.

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give something

To give happiness to someone is to make them happy