F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Homework

Read the article and discuss it with your next teacher:

http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/chinese-company-seeks-to-buy-moneygram-74897.html

~~a spotlight person~~ he’s in the spotlight now

It’s probably a symbolic (ADJ.) offer to buy Moneygram, because they must know it is not likely to happen.

symbol – something that represents another thing.

in this month

~~Indonesia is my last company.~~

I went to Indonesia when I worked for my last company.

pegged – attached by a wooden stick

eg: Some news outlets said the yuan is pegged to the dollar, because they always change at a similar rate.

amortize – to get rid of a debt or loan by making payments

eg: We amortized the long term loan this month.

I’m a treasury manager in a new energy company called Envision group.

I’ve worked there for 2 months. (still work there)

I’ve been a treasury manager at Envision for 2 months. (still a treasury manager)

It’s a potential ADJ. company. (It could be a company.)

It’s a company with potential. N. (They probably have a bright future.)

References:

https://www.learnenglish.de/businessenglish.html