Open F2F Class Notes February 12th (Ben)

Vocabulary

woodwork

the Lantern Festival 元宵节

a lantern 灯笼

swear / swore /sworn

I swore I would have lost 10 kgs last year.

end up doing

But I ended up putting on 10 kgs

new chapter

Every new year is a new chapter, a new start.

Around the end of the year, you know that you are just months away from a new start, so you sometimes tend to let yourself go a little bit.

Short-term objectives give you more incentive than long-term ones.

consistent

hold a promise

afloat = above the water level

I want to keep my Japanese level afloat

entry barrier 

The entry barriers to advertising companies are pretty low.

threshold 门槛

stride 大步

In Ancient China, the height of a threshold was a status sign. The higher the threshold, the wealthier was its owner. You would have to take a big stride to get in.