Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Nha Trang

Vocabulary

we cannot refrain from using (don’t do it, don’t start doing it, just never do it)

sterile – 100% clean and lacking bacteria / unable to procreate
eg. a doctor needs to sterilize their hands before doing surgery
eg2. they do surgery in a sterile environment
eg3. my grandma is sterile

saturated / saturation – completely cover sth
eg. the english training market for kids is saturated
eg2. the saturation of the market is a good reason to not enter at this time

polymer – an artifically created material that has multiple connection points which make it strong

molecule (small) / atom (smallest)

synthetic – artificial
eg. the leather is synthetic (fake)

acrylic – made of a substance produced by chemical processes from a type of acid
eg. she is wearing acrylic nails

plankton / zooplankton 

speak of the devil – shuo cao cao cao cao dao
eg. wow speak of the devil! Judy just arrived!

seedy – dirty / disgusting / a little dangerous / dark
dodgy – hard to trust / dangerous / not reliable
eg. I found Phuket a little seedy and some streets were quite dodgy

prejudice
eg. I think they have a slight prejudice against Chinese people

Grammar

we have some snows – we get some snow from time to time

everyone knows the plastic pollution – everyone’s aware of plastic pollution / aware that there is plastic pollution 

we use it for 1 time – we use it once 

Pronunciation

predatory / predator – PREH da tor ree