Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Christmas and New Year is nearly here so we are becoming busy and busy because there are many customers who are going back to China and they wants to come our clinic to do different kinds of treatments to make sure their skin are healthy and youth . So we are going to work 5-6 days in each one .

However, I am happy to do that because we can earn more money and I am preparing Christmas’s promotions for the customers who are looking for beauty products and treatments .

Christmas and new year’s / the New Year is nearly here so we are becoming busier and busier because there are many customers who are going back to China and they want to come to our clinic to do different kinds of treatments to make sure their skin is healthy and youthful / young. So we are going to work 5-6 days for each one .

However, I am happy to do that because we can earn more money and I am preparing Christmas promotions for the customers who are looking for beauty products and treatments.

Vocabulary

gated complex

costume 
eg. Jamen dressed up in a costume for halloween

he went as a ghost for halloween

countable < > uncountable

Jamen is part of this generation’s youth (young people)

time in lieu – “time in loo”
eg. if my staff do overtime, we give them time in lieu

it’s win-win – both sides win
eg. this situation is win win for us.

time after time / again and again / over and over

sign in and sign out 

I’m used to you – xi guan
eg. I’m used to living in Australia

I think they can tell = I think they can easily know

What is the average height in Aus?
How tall is average in Aus?

cut the lawn / mow the lawn / cut the grass

developed
eg. half of Chatswood hasn’t been developed for 25 years

development (n)
eg. Chinese gov spends a lot of money on development

Pronunciation

police – pol LEES
policy – POL li seee

garage – che ku
garbage – la ji

Grammar

I would never laugh at you (direct, I think you’re silly) , I always laugh with you (we’re both laughing, like it’s a joke)

we didn’t have any kids coming to our house to ask for candy 

if you without key, you can’t come in – if you don’t have a key, you can’t come in

wo bi ni mang – I am busier than you

in 21st December – on the 21st of December

I spend one hour of time to get there – I spend 1 hour to get there 

it takes 2 hours for me there and back

don’t worry about it burning your skin, or hurting your skin, it definitely won’t burn or hurt your skin because. it works on the same based layer of skin that surgeons cut during surgery but this treatment works without cutting the skin