F2F Class Notes October 28th (Ben)

Vocabulary

crucial = critical = very important

Organisation is a crucial quality.

Crucial comes from “crux” (关键)

cruel = 残酷

Someone cruel likes to make people suffer.

How did it go? = How was it?

How did your day go? = How was your day?

Why don’t… ? = 吧, suggestion, invitation

Why don’t we eat together tonight? = Let’s eat together.

Why don’t you tell me how your day went ?

You ……, don’t you? = 是不是？

a demo 示范表演

Potential customers are given a demo before they sign up.

it turns out = 结果发现

We initially thought we would need the meeting room, but it turns out we actually won’t.

I thought Shanghainese food was bad, but it turned out to be very good!

stand someone up 放鸽子

The new teacher stood up his first student. He turned out to be pretty unprofessional.

He stood up the student = He stood the student up

stand by someone = support

A good wife always stands by you in public.

It is crucial not to stand by cruel people. They will turn out to be cruel with you someday. At first, they will not ask you how your day went, then they might stand you up and not feel bad about it. Get rid of them. Life turns out to be better with people who fully stand by you.