F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Caveat (n): 1- a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement.
E.g.: He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.

Outrageous (adj): 1-  shocking and morally unacceptable.
E.g.: The judge criticized the “outrageous greed” of some of the bankers.
E.g.: It is outrageous that these buildings remain empty while thousands of people have no homes.
E.g.: These prices are just outrageous (= much too high).

Speaking exercise

Original:

I woke I think it’s last night around 3:40AM because I need to finish a report for my job. So it took me three hours to write it and I think I also wasted some time on like cellphone apps. When it gets to around 7:20, my mom was outrageously knocking on my door and said “you’re about to be late”, so I rushed out and took a taxi to work. And it’s very painful that my job starts at 8:30 and ends at 5:30 so it’s a nine-hour working time. And the most unconvenient part of that job is that we have to clock in four times a day. The first time is by the time you arrive the office. And the second time is around 12 o’clock at noon. And the third time is one hour apart the second time I clock in, at 1PM. And then the last time it’s 5:30, we’re supposed to leave the office at 5:30, but the CEO recently announced that he work until 9PM everyday, so he’s expecting his employees to work as much as he does, so that’s why everyone at the office has to work overtime at least one hour everyday. The worst is that the research and development department is at the same floor as the CEO’s office, which forces them to work until 9 as well!

Edited:

Last night I woke up around 3:40AM because I needed to finish a report for my job. It took me three hours to write it probably also because I wasted some time on cellphone apps. When it was around 7:20, my mom started knocking on my door and yelling “you’re going to be late”, so I rushed out and took a taxi to work.

A very painful aspect of my job is that it starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 5:30 PM, so it’s a nine-hour work day. And the most inconvenient part is that we have to clock in and out four times a day. First you clock in by the time you arrive at the office. Then you clock out for lunch at around 12 o’clock noon. One hour later, you clock in again, and then the last time is at 5:30, when we’re supposed to leave the office.

The CEO recently announced that he works until 9PM everyday, so he expects his employees to work as much as he does. For that reason, everyone at the office has to work overtime at least one hour everyday. The poor people at the research and development department work on the same floor as the CEO’s office, which forces them to work until 9PM as well!

Pronunciation

Caveat: /ˈkæv.i.æt/

Outrageous: /ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/