Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

sticky – humid feeling / sweaty feeling skin
eg. you’re a bit sticky, go have a shower!

expecting sth – think it will / should happen
eg. I expect rain tomorrow = I think it will rain
eg2. I expect you to do your homework = I think you should / I think you will because you always do
looking forward to sth – excited or happy that sth will happen
eg. I’m looking forward to being a father / I’m looking forward to our next class
dread sth – feeling nervous or stressed about sth that will happen
eg. I’m really dreading the meeting tomorrow because I have present sth

ferry boat – ferry
eg. I’ll take the ferry to work

viable (able to exist / live) / feasible (able to be done)

politically correct (adj) / political correctness (n)

sensitive / controversial topics

excess warming

misconceptions – things that people commonly get wrong / believe incorrectly
eg. there’s lots of misconceptions surrounding nuclear power
eg2. that’s a misconception!

it’s an regulatory uphill battle – sth being difficult in the future

part of their psyche (“sai kee”) but they don’t practice it / they don’t put it into practice 

Grammar

the bank are planning – is planning 

get to the job – get to work

i bring you some disclaimer – I’ll give you a disclaimer / here’s a disclaimer 

60% of emissions for the globe – global emissions / globally 

except for the fact that that nuclear is a good source of energy

10 years / 12 years – 10 or 12 / 10 years old / 12 years old 

Pronunciation

author – or ther

thermal – therr mal 

summarize – summer rize 

catholic – kath lick
catholisism – kath thol li siz zum