F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

有人敲门 Someone knocked at the door.

There’s someone knocking on/at the door.
有人在敲门。
Please knock before entering.
进来前请先敲门。

resign (v):to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
辞职；辞去（职务）；放弃（工作）
E.g.: He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
他从这家公司辞职以便能够从事更有挑战性的工作。
E.g.: She resigned as director.
她辞去了董事职务。

fire (v):to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
解雇，开除
E.g.: She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer.
她因偷雇主的东西时当场被抓而遭解雇。
E.g.: He was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance.
他因为表现不佳丢掉了他薪资16.5万美元的工作。

overtime (n/adv):(time spent working) after the usual time needed or expected in a job
加班地
E.g.: They’re doing/working overtime to get the job done on time.
他们加班加点以准时完成这项工作。

上个月－Last month

下个月－next month

did he resign or he got fired?-他辞职了还是被解雇了？

get off (v):to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day（通常指一天工作结束后）经许可离开工作，下班
How early can you get off this afternoon?
今天下午你能多早下班？

get off work-下班

every month I need to report overtime hours-每个月我都要报告加班时间

One of my colleagues resigned and next month one more will be fired so we should work more。Usually I start to work at 10am and I finish at 8 pm, but one day I finished at 4am.

etc.–et cetera: and other similar things. It is used to avoid giving a complete list
以及诸如此类；以及其他；等等（et cetera的缩写）
We saw lots of lions, tigers, elephants, etc.(et cetera-/ˈset̬.ɚ.ər.ə/)
我们看到了很多狮子、老虎、大象等动物。