F2F Class Notes October 12th (Ben)

an MRI 磁共振

What does MRI stand for?
MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

a tumour 肿瘤
benign 良性/ malignent 恶性

a benign tumour
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Why didn’t you bring your own bottle?

When there’s a will, there’s a way.

I gave up halfway.
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an awful lot of fun
He is silly
He is ridiculous

He is ridiculously stupid
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Being sick together cemented our friendship.

Aren’t there jobs available?
Aren’t there available jobs?

There is an open position.
There is a position open.
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cosmo = the world

the cosmos = space
I like to look at stars and the cosmos.

polis = city

politics 政治 = the way to manage city

cosmopolis = a world-city

Shanghai is a cosmopolis.

Shanghai is a cosmopolitan city.

context 上下文

shotgun = the seat next to the driver

a drag is something boring

She hates my guts.

hilarious = very funny

hold your horses = calm down

a cry-baby = 容易哭的人

Today I went to Beijing by car. I was riding shotgun and the driver was my ex-wife. She really hates my guts so the trip was a real drag. When she started to complain about everything, I told her to hold her horses but she kept behaving like a cry-baby.

Maybe it sounds hilarious, but actually it wasn’t an awful lot of fun.

I think Louis CK is hilarious.