Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

circlulating online

just going through the motions – to be on autopilot

community party – communist party 

inundated – too much of sth and totally covered by it (often with water or information)
eg. today’s society is inundated with social media

hypothetical – not a real situation, but a situation to raise a question or a point
eg. hypothetically, if you had another child, would you want a boy or girl?
eg2. let me ask you a hypothetical question….

spurred – to be motivated or pushed
eg. I use the possibility of a promotion to spur me on = make me work harder

Grammar

can you tell me until when do my classes continue? / when do my classes continue until?

it’s going badly / poorly

they back to school – they are back to school 

put it on newspapers – in newspapers 

not happened in 20 years ago – it didn’t happen in the last 20 years (recent 20 year period)/ it didn’t happen 20 years ago 

until project complete (common business English) / until the project is completed (correct grammar)