F2F Class Notes November 20th (Ben)

Demo StudentCarol Lee

odd, peculiar = strange, quirky

a reptile ēˆ¬č”ŒåŠØē‰©

a carnivore = a carnivorous animal é£Ÿč‚‰åŠØē‰©

a herbivore = a herbivorous animal é£Ÿč‰åŠØē‰©

blunt =Ā ē›“č؀ēš„ direct and honest, without beating around the bush

whine = to complain in an annoying crying voice

To be bluntly honest with you, I think whiny kids are horrible.

den =Ā å…½ē©“ļ¼›å…½ēŖĀ the hidden home of some types of wild animal

out someone = exclude
come out of the closet=confess you’re gay
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I am more of a _____ kind of person
I am more of a spur of the moment kind of person.
I am kindĀ of a timetable kind of person.
I am not too much of a suit-and-tie kind of person (I don’t want to be an office slave)
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an office slave
You are one-of-a-kind: very unique.
You have a one-of-a-kind lifestyle.
You are kind of a go-getter kind of person.
My boss isĀ a customer-is-always-right kind of person.
You don’t strike me as someone who would accept to be an office slave.

Grammar

I have never seen it, neither has he.
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We should take = PRESENT
We should have taken = PAST (often used for regrets åŽę‚”)
I could have / should have / would have.
I’m sorry, I should have told you the meeting was cancelled, then you could have stayed at home and we would have avoided this problem.
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Original version

Did you purchase anything online on 11.11? I did. Iā€™ve been shopping on Taobao for 7 years on and off. As one of the beginningĀ online shopping malls, Taobao is the most successful one. However, it was unknownĀ one decade ago when e-commerce was still a newborn industry .

Back then, there were only so many shops whose merchandise was limited to clothes and textiles. But now, there are millions of shops who sell everything you can imagine, or some things you canā€™t. It was far-fetched that a trade could go smoothly without the seller and the buyer seeing each other. But now, purchasing online has turned intoa part of Chinese peopleā€™s daily routine. With benefits such aslow prices, convenience andĀ free shipping.

At the beginning,Ā when Ma Yun and his team established Alibaba, people thought they were day-dreaming. However, these dreamers moved heaven and earth to achieve their dream of changing the way people live. On top of that, what makes them more admirable is when people think they are already at theirĀ peak, they are goingĀ the extra mile to reachevenĀ higher.

Edited version

Did you purchase anything online on 11.11? I did. Iā€™ve been shopping on Taobao for 7 years on and off. As one of the firstĀ online shopping malls, Taobao is the most successful one. However, it was unknownĀ one decade ago when e-commerce was still a newborn industry .

Back then, there were only so many shops whose merchandise was limited to clothes and textiles. But now, there are millions of shops who sell everything you can imagine, or some things you canā€™t. It was far-fetched that a trade could go smoothly without the seller and the buyer seeing each other. But now, purchasing online has turned intoĀ a part of Chinese peopleā€™s daily routineĀ with benefits such asĀ low prices, convenience andĀ free shipping.

At the beginning,Ā when Ma Yun and his team established Alibaba, they were thought to beĀ day-dreaming. However, these so-called dreamers moved heaven and Earth to achieve their dream of changingĀ change the way people live. On top of that, what makes them more admirable is that even when people think they are already at theirĀ peak, they still goĀ the extra mile to reachĀ evenĀ higher.