Hi all,
Thanks for joining RTM Pro yesterday! I hope you enjoyed it. And I hope you are impressed as I am with me, that I made it at 2am UK time (and stayed awake throughout)!
This is a note with the extra words discussed, and details for next week.
A reminder you can now find the full archive of previous RTM Pro posts on the dedicated page here.
You will also find a pinned post at the top of that page with the “dates for your diary” for that month, which will be updated with new RTM Pro session dates at the start of each month.
Session 9 Word list
Here are the extra words and phrases we discussed in Session 9.
补贴 bǔ tiē - subsidy
成长 chéng zhǎng - growth
垄断 lǒng duàn - monopoly
价格垄断 jià gé lǒng duàn - price monopoly
进口关税 jìn kǒu guān shuì - import tariffs
创造力 chuàng zào lì - creativity
香饽饽 xiāng bō bo - describes a person or a thing which is extremely popular
Examples:
我最近两个月肉眼可见地胖了
头发肉眼可见的少了理所当然消费主义
Related: 吃香 chī xiāng - very popular
身心疲惫 shēnxīn pí bèi - exhausted
利益冲突 lì yì chōng tú - conflict of interest
生活成本 shēng huó chéng běn - cost of living
涨 跌 zhǎng diē - increase / decrease (of price)
冰火两重天 bīng huǒ liǎng chóng tiān - as drastically different as fire and ice (full version of 两重天 from the newsletter)
一口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi - you can’t get fat in one bite; your gaols can’t be achieved in an instant
绿色能源道德 lǜ sè néng yuán dào dé - green energy ethics
Next RTM Pro Session Details
Here are the details for the next Pro session (we are covering European and Asian timezones next week).
Session 10: Sat 20th July, 10am UK time (2am PST, 4am CST, 5am EST, 11am CET, 5pm CST, 7pm AEST, 9pm NZST)
Pre-reading: Worst floods in 30 years hit parts of southern China
Prep questions and log in details to follow on Wednesday!
See you next week!
Andrew
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Ps - I am starting to promote RTM Pro to the wider audience in the next week. Here is a post I shared yesterday. Please help spread the word within your networks!