Open F2F Class Notes 6th March (Joseph)

Vocabulary

Productive – to do a lot of stuff/ to finish a lot of work (e.g. Today I was very busy at work but at least I was productive.)

Go over – to cover 一样的意思 (e.g. Lets go over some new vocabulary.)

Pick A over B – to choose A instead of B (e.g. I pick love over friendship any day of the week.)

Money can’t buy happiness – 俗语

Correction – 

Today, a foreign journalist translated his own words after asking a question to a minister in Chinese during the national people’s congress. It was impressive because nothing like this has happened before. After he spoke, many people were amused, including the minister, because he interrupted a Chinese translator while she was trying to translate the journalist’s first question in English. However, I believe the reasons for this were because of China’s growing economy, which has lead to more foreign journalists learning Chinese.

A lot of Chinese governors have joined in many international businesses and played more important roles in the international economy in past years.

Original –

Today, a foreign journalist translated his words after asking a minister in Chinese in the national people’s congress. It was impressive because this thing never happened in before. After he did it, he amused many people, including the minister, because a translator who was in the meeting was interrupted by this journalist when she was going to translate the journalist’s words. However, the reason of happening the thing was that Chinese economic was more and more powerful and Chinese was more confident than before. A lot of Chinese governors positively joined in many international businesses and played more important roles in past years.