F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Read the article and do the homework at the bottom of the page:

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1804/180424-harley-davidson.html

Do these sections:

Vocabulary

True/False

Synonym Match

Phrase Match

Comprehension questions

Multiple Choice Quiz

Vocabulary

I did the summary of our revised budget today.

the company produces sth.

Materials for clothing:

Cotton

eg: Cotton is breathable and comfortable.

eg: It is a cotton polyester blend.

Linen – ya ma bu

eg: Linen is light and dries very quickly.

Polyester – a man made synthetic(not natural) material

eg: Polyester is durable, but not breathable.

Wool – sheep’s hair

eg: Wool is warm and it can’t be washed with water.

shrink – become smaller than is normal for that thing

eg: Some people shrink when they get older. They will get shorter when they get older.

eg: Wool can shrink easily in the washer.

Business Terms:

Utilities – bills for a building, like water, electricity, heating, etc…

eg: Everyone needs to pay their utilities, or the company will shut off your service.

Overhead – the total cost to run a business

eg: We want to keep a low overhead to run our business.

Revenue – money that is made by a business or paid to a business or an organization

eg: The company receives millions of dollars in advertising revenue.

Grammar

my boss let made me do a excel spreadsheet about our revised budget

I am was running here

I wrote about my work.