Online Class Notes (Tibo)

To encourage the increase of the people to born new baby / population the government will subsidize the company for the female employees on maternity leave. -> to encourage citizens to have more babies the government subsidizes the maternity leave of female employees. / The government subsidizes the maternity leave of female employees to boost population growth.

It is different for different cities. In SZ it is 6 months, it is longer than other cities. / In SZ we get 6 months of maternity leave
There is a law, it is a basic period. It may be 4 months but each province can extend by another few months. / the minimum is fixed by a law and then each province has it’s own law and can extend this period of time.

There is a global policy in our company. We want to reach 0 emissions in 2050. / Our company has a global goal to have 0 emissions in 2050.
We are now working on many improvements in our operations.

I think we try our best, for example for plastic flyers in some countries we use eco-flyers and we also use recycled plastics.
In China we use biodegradable flyer. We try to use recycled material to reduce our wastes.

biodegradable (adj) which can disappear in nature and not hurt the environment
Plastic is not biodegradable

to delegate (v) to give the task to others
The boss delegated part of his work to his assistant

delegate (n) someone who represents a company or country and negotiates for it
The American delegate was against the deal

delegation (n) group of people representing a company or coutry
The American and the Chinese delegations met yesterday

disposable (adj) which you only use once / only used for a short time
In Europe hotels do not provide disposable toothbrush anymore

maternity leave (n) time off work you get when you have a baby for a woman
Jenny is on maternity leave

paternity leave (n) time off work you get when you have a baby for a man
Tom got a few days of paternity leave

Nairobi (n) capital of Kenya
I visited Nairobi

severe (adj) really strong / tough
He had to stay in the hospital for 1 month due to a severe illness.
The judge gave a severe sentence to the killer as he will have to live the rest of his life in prison.

severely (adv)
The government punishes drugs very severely

penalty (n) punishment / fine
The company received a penalty for lying about their products

landfill (n) area where people put trash
There is a big landfill near Nairobi

dairy : related to milk
Western people consume a lot of dairy products such as cheese, yogurt and milk

mindset (n) way of thinking
We need to change our mindset about recycling

conscience (n) inner voice of what is right and wrong
Tom did so many bad things I’m sure he doesn’t have a conscience, else he wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.

emission (n) CO2 and other gas you release in the atmosphere.
Our goal is to have 0 emissions in 2050

Pronunciation

period

conscience

strategy

dairy

diary