F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

I need to write the sequence down. So I know the order of all the poses when I’m teaching my friend. To get ready for the class.

in Shanghai concept, it’s nice to get a job at a local business after you graduate.

there was too much admin work

the boss asked me, why did you quit?

my brother is a gym trainer

charge – to ask for money for a product or service

eg: I should charge, because it’s a valuable skill.
IT = Being a yoga teacher.

narcissist -a person who loves themselves, especially looking at themselves

eg: “I’m kind of a narcissist. Haha. Just joking.” (Cassie)
Nah, you’re just not very modest.

narcissistic (ADJ) – being like a narcissist

eg: I’m not narcissistic, I’m just confident. haha.

Legacy – 1. anything handed down from the past, from an ancestor or predecessor: 2. passed down from family

eg: They are mostly legacy employees.  Their parents worked here.

eg: The best universities in America accept a lot of legacy students. So, if your parents went to Stanford you can probably get in too.

eg: The legacy of America will probably be the internet or television.

nepotism – when you hire people because they are family

eg: He only got that job because of nepotism.

eg: Most local companies in Shanghai have a lot of nepotism. But they always get jobs for their family in the local business system. Usually not at the same company as their parents.

Pronunciation

Valuable – Vall Ya-Bull

Grammar

at first it’s very challenge for me – at first it was very challenging for me.

how many jobs did you do before? – how many jobs have you done before?