Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

productive 
eg. I am really productive
eg2. I care about productivity

authentic – real / not fake

hand pour over / cone brewed – shou chong

I want to get the most out of it – anything 
I want to get my money’s worth – spending money

minimum wage – the lowest amount of money you can pay sb
eg. the minimum wage in Australia is around $20

stencil – sth you use to allow you to write letters using anything (like chocolate powder)

military base“mil lit tary / mil li tree” – army base
eg. Chinese media says that COVID came from a US military base

position / opinion / standpoint 

homeland – home country 

to be the average of the people you spend the most time with 

forbidden city 

life cost – the cost of living
eg. the cost of living in Sydney is similar to Shanghai

what’s the air like? 

convenience store – bian li dian

Grammar

in some degreeto some degree

talked it with you I talked about it with you 

they can’t go to the office have class offline – they can’t go to the office to have class offline

same like this / similar like this the same as this / similar to this 

it can’t have influences on meit doesn’t influence meÂ