F2F Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

I started the company 3 years ago / opened 

flyer 
eg. I hand out flyers

research – sou suo
eg. we researched SE on dianping…

impression – ying xiang
eg. we had a good impression of SE after we looked at the photos

trust – very general
eg. I trust my wife but I don’t believe everything she says

believe – specific to something
eg. I believe you… what you said is true.

behind my back – to do something without the other person knowing
eg. I sometimes talk about my wife behind her back

puts it off until later – always says “i’ll do it late”
eg. he always puts things off until the last minute

positive energy = motivation
negative energy = laziness

over the job – quit

performance
eg. my performance this year has been good because we have many new customers
eg2. the performance of my staff is important to the performance of my business.

investor – a person who puts money into a company – tou zi
eg. i called the investor and told him I was leaving

Pronunciation

advertisements – “ad VER tis ments”

Grammar

after 1 month (maybe in the past, maybe in the future)
in 1 month (future)
next month (future)
the next month (maybe in the past, maybe in the future)

we went out drink some coffee – we went out to drink some coffee

she very more energy – she has a lot of energy