Online Class Notes (Jesse)

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introduction to students about the company to attract them to work with us: talk about studio, games, scope, plan, career path and future development

Grammar

although the country is small, but it’s very well organised
the country is small, but / although it’s very well organised
because it’s hot, i’m sweating / it’s hot, so I’m sweating

I’m sweating because it’s hot so I want to go to the beach

the chinese new year – Chinese new year / the Chinese new year celebrations this year

there is not too much different things – there are not too many different things / there is not much different stuff 

they have enough time to thinking what they want – they have enough time to think about what they want

about / of
I know of you – know your name / heard your name
I know about you – know things related to you / on the subject of you
I think of you – imagine your image / imagine one thing about you
I think about you – think about things related to you / on the subject of you
I have heard of it – just the name
I have heard about it – details about it

i have some fear about water – of water

I understand it a little better 

when i back to SG – when I go back to SG / after I’m back in SG

I’m back! = I have returned already
I go back = when you are in SG / when you are traveling there

Future
I will go back / I will be back / I am going back = definitely not back

4-5 years to promote – 3-4 years to get promoted 

Vocabulary

there’s not a lot of variety in my job
I don’t have much variety when it comes to activities during chinese new year

I like variety in my diet

variety = different types / things
eg. variety is the spice of life = having different things to do, eat, see, people to meet makes our lives more interesting

abundant (adj) – a lot
abundance (n)

thing / things – countable
stuff – uncountable

very great – incredibly good / great 

great = very good

side gig – fu ye
eg. making videos was a side gig for me before it became my full time job

gig = job / event / performance

slang – li yu
eg. Gday mate = Australian slang for hello
eg. gig is slang for event or job

CPF – super annuation / super / retirement fund 

lay out – lay off 

the man laid the other man out = he punched him and he was on the ground
we laid the employee off = we fired him

first half of the year

nervewracking
eg. thinking about swimming is nervewracking (it makes me feel nervous)

graduation certificate