Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

work ethic: 职业道德

self-discipline: self-control

lasting: 长久的 for a long time

picking up your life/uproot your life

Grammar

come/go

let vs make
ie. My parents let me play the Switch. (permission to do sth)
ie. The pandemic made me depressed.
ie. My parents made me eat my vegetables. (force)

Speaking exercise

Most times we were keep working in those two months, so we will come to the office, have the normal working pace.
We have been working for most of these two months… so we will go to the office … go back to the normal working pace.

It will let the working time longer / we spent much more time on discussion
It will make the working time longer / we spend much more time on discussion

the person you want to ask a quick question wasn’t at the working status
the person you have a quick question for isn’t at work./isn’t available/is away./is not there.

I couldn’t.. can control myself not a lot
I can control myself, but not a lot./but not very well.

I have many interesting things want to do
I have many interests (long-term)
I have many interesting things I want to do
I have a lot of things on my mind.

we will intend to let her study from prep level
we intended to let her study from prep level

this pandemic the plan was in advance
because of this pandemic we shifted the plan to an earlier date.

the feeling strong for their aged person
the feeling is strong for people at their age/people their age

their quotation was growing increasingly
their quotation has been increasingly

the business shooting
the commercial shooting

they’re according to the working time per hour
depends on the working time/by hourly wage/pay

if this remote project will be successful and under control
if this remote project is successful and goes smoothly