F2F Class Notes October 25th (Ben)

common areas

a base salary

Full-time teachers have a base salary that doesn’t change, no matter how many classes they teach.

Full-time teachers get paid even if nobody comes to class.

Part-time teachers are paid per class they teach.

This car can go up to 180 kph = kilometers per hour

I am going to go to New York via Paris.

If the student cancels within 2 hours before class, the teacher still gets paid.

Fingers crossed ! I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Ancient Chinese / Classical Chinese is very dense and concise.

语文 language and literature

背诵 recite

In language and literature classes, children must recite a lot of ancient poems.

modern = contemporary

茅盾，鲁迅，

Lu Xun and Mao Dun were the fathers of modern art and contemporary literature. Their literary works are studied by all students in China.

孙中山 Sun Yat-Sen

文章 an article

This newspaper has many interesting articles

military 武装的

政权 power

Many military groups fought for power until Chairman Mao took power in 1949.

作文 to write a composition

When we were in school, we had to write compositions.