Online Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

after work hours/off time

higher level/tertiary level 

above average – higher/better than the usual

tag along – to go somewhere with a person or group

ex. My boss plans to tag along with me to Shanghai.

No, you really can’t do so

No, you can’t really do that

I don’t know what to be on a parent

I don’t know what I’ll be/act like as a parent

I cannot afford the house prices

I cannot afford the (alarming/bizarre) housing prices

Spend my whole after work time

Spend my after work hours/off time  

You having a food and you don’t have to suffer a lot of stresses in a lot of areas

You’re well fed so you shouldn’t be stressed out in life/you don’t have the excuse to feel stressed  

From the rational way

From a rational perspective/Coming from the rational point-of-view

Pronunciation

trial – try-yal