Online Class Notes (Maddie)

Vocabulary

rebellious: don’t wanna be controlled; don’t want to be told what you should do

work overtime: work after leaving time

humble = modest, not thinking overly high of oneself
e.g. my professor is a humble guy and he always listens to his students’ suggestions/advice.

most (of the) Chinese people

kilometre: 1,000 metres

nice bottom/bum/ass

quite a lot: a lot
e.g. you usually have to pay quite a lot for VPN’s.

apart from = besides

picture-based/picture-oriented: based on a lot of pictures
e.g. Instagram is picture based, whereas Reddit is discussion based.

photoshop: v.
e.g. people post a lot of heavily photoshopped photos on Instagram/the little red book.

body image issues: negative opinions one has of their own body because they think they’re not attractive enough
e.g. looking at all those photoshopped photos brings body image issues to people.

get exposed to: get to know about
e.g. it makes you anxious to get exposed to too much information.

social media: online tools that allow people to exchange information

tiring: make (someone) feel tired

be compared to other normal job, programmer pays much better
be compared to other normal jobs, programmers are paid a lot more much better

i just can recognise some word
i just can only recognise some words

youtube is popular for youngers
youtube is popular for youngers among young people

Pronunciation

easier = ee-zee-uh, not ee-zuh

walk, not work: wo:lk, not wuhk

anxious: an-k-shuh-s