F2F Class Notes March 1st (Ben)

Vocabulary

Many things have become illegal today: big e-bikes and indoor smoking.

benefits 公益

French people get many benefits like 5 weeks of paid vacation.

inertia = lack of energy, lack of will to change

A cruise ship can turn its engines off and keep traveling over 10 kilometers using only its inertia.

There is huge inertia in the administration- it’s impossible to make things go faster or better.

furnished = with furniture

It’s cheaper to rent a non-furnished apartment than a furnished one.

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create = cree – ate 产生，创造

crate = cr- ATE