F2F Class Notes March 28th (Ben)

Vocabulary

collateral damage = losses or damage during an operation (successful or unsuccessful)

The mission was a success but there was some collateral damage, including several casualties.

to suggest  –> a suggestion

to suppose 假设 –>  a supposition

He told me that he had to go to Pudong today, so I think he will be late for the meeting. But that’s just a supposition, he might actually be on time. So my suggestion is that we wait for him for 10 minutes.

to assume 认为 = to believe something is true, even without proof (to make an assumption)

My wife will come with her best friend, so I assume/suppose/think we will be 4 tonight.

• What are these?
• 500 dollar-chips, Sir?
• You’re giving me 500-dollar chips because I’m black?
• No, sir, I just assumed that…
• You assumed that a brother [a black guy] coming here cannot afford more than 500-dollar chips !
• (Rush Hour 2)

assume –> an assumption

a hypothesis = an idea that is partly true, but not fully proven yet

We don’t know how gravity really works, but there is a hypothesis that it is due to a particle called a “gravitron”, that we have never discovered so far.

a casualty = someone who dies in an accident or at war

The fire at Hongkou Stadium made no casualties.

break out = 突然发生

The fire broke out in the morning

to engulf 吞没  = (to put in a gulf)

The house was totally engulfed by the fire.

put out a fire = to kill a fire

reason = why something takes place  (跟人有关联)

cause = how something takes place

The cause of the fire was a lit cigarette butt. The reason the fire happened was because nobody put out the cigarette butt.