F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

meet some trouble / meet some problems

have some trouble doing sth. / have some problems / make problems.

every step should be approved  /every step is supposed to be approved / every step must be approved

don’t judge a book by its cover

it’s none of your business (rude)

it’s nothing / it’s no big deal / it’s not a big deal

multi-tasking – doing more than one thing at once

eg: Do you think multi-tasking is more productive or less productive?

It depends.

eg: I’m not good at multi-tasking.

rub off on someone – affect someone, by being near or around them often.

eg: Ivy is a really good student. Hopefully that will rub off on Lori one day, and she will finally get good grades in school. (Just an Example) (Ivy will make Lori a better student)

eg: Ivy rubbed off on me to getting up early.   I’vy’s, getting up early, rubbed off on me. (Ivy’s habit of getting up early rubbed off on me)

bump into someone – to unexpectedly meet someone

eg: I always bump into people I know in Shanghai. Sometimes it seems like a small town.

eg: I don’t bump into anyone most of the time. Usually I don’t see people I know around town.

Grammar

and don’t know is her day ok – and I don’t know if her day is ok

Very Perfect Grammar  Vs. Casual Grammar

Perfect: With whom one has spent a lot of time. (Very perfect grammar doesn’t like Prepositions at the end of a sentence.)

Casual: by someone one has spent a lot of time with. (Casual grammar can end a sentence with preposition.)

Perfect: May I please have that one?

Casual: Can I have that one?

Perfect: My friends and I will go to the club.

Casual: Me and my friends will go to the club. / My friends and me…