F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

I visited our company’s partner office. – I went to our partner (ADJ) company’s (ADJ) office (N.)

at may – in may

If your friend’s phone dies, do you mind covering them for dinner?

Thankful to the function of the cell phone, I can post an average payment on the phone to receive the money after we go home. – Thanks to cell phones, I can ( post / send / start / launch ) a split bill in our group chat. So they can pay me after dinner.

before the function was created most people were ashamed to ask their friends to pay the bill – before splitting bills in group chats, people were ashamed to ask friends to pay them back.

from a group chat we established before – from a group chat we set-up before

it’s function is very well – it works well

a sharp distance between rich people and poor people – a big gap between income / income inequality

Confucius – Kong zi

eg: Some Koreans say Confucius was from Korea.

Confucian (ADJ) – from Kong Zi

eg: Confucian philosophy is pretty popular with foreigners.

eg: The theories of Confucius can be beneficial to the country. But if a has some flaws, the philosophy can possibly aggravate things.

eg: Confucian philosophy can let some leaders aggregate and seize too much power.

flaw – a problem, an imperfection.

eg: The plan has many flaws.

Grammar

N. + N. =  ADJ. + N.

Coffee (N.) + Table (N.) = Coffee (ADJ) + Table (N)

Pronunciation

Server –   Serr verr

Actor – Actress Actor(male) Actor(female)