F2F Class Notes March 29th (Ben)

Grammar

when + present (or present state)

When I am big, I want to be a fireman.

When I leave, I will tell you.

We are waiting for the boss’s decision. When he says/has said yes, we can start.

a correspondent (co = together, respond = answer) = 驻外记者

to and fro = forwards and backwards

unanimous = (un = 1, nimous = name) = in one name, with everyone agreeing

Everyone was unanimous: we needed to fire that bad worker.

So there was no to and fro, we unanimously decided to kick him out.

anonymous = (no = 0, nimous = name) 匿名

rough out = create a rough draft of a plan

While we are negotiating on the pay, let’s rough out a transitional work timetable.