F2F Class Notes (Jacob)

Next Class Focus

Interview practice.


Writing exercise

Original+Self correction:

If I become fluent in English, I wish to do things as follows:
1、Joining in a global company and working with people from different countries and culture. I am looking forward to working in an international environment other than only with Chinese. Then I can apply for projects that need to negotiate with foreigners. It‘s also give more opportunities to gain the jobs overseas.
2、Travelling to US and Europe. Nowadays it‘s convenient for Chinese to take a trip to western countries. But for me, I’d like to communicate with native people and experience local life. The essence of travel is to experience different possibilities of the world and the energy of diversity. So the language is the most efficient way to become a member of local communities.
3、Obtaining more English materials like books 、TV shows、news. More resources one get , less misleading impacted by propaganda of specific groups. How much empathy to people and phenomena is depend on how many opinions get from others especially who have a totally viewpoints from yours.English is the mainstream way of writting. That’s why being fluent in English is so important.

Edited:

If I become fluent in English, I would (future tense) wish to do the following things:
1、I would join a global company and working with people from different countries and cultures. I am looking forward to working in an international environment other then only with Chinese. Then I can apply for projects that where I would need to negotiate with foreigners. It‘s also give more opportunities to gain the jobs overseas.
2、I would Travel to the US and Europe. Nowadays it‘s convenient for Chinese to take a trip to western countries. But for me, I’d like to communicate with native people and experience local life. The essence of travel is to experience different possibilities of the world and the energy of diversity. Learning the language is the most efficient way to become a member of local communities.
3、I would obtain more English materials like books 、TV shows、and news. The more resources one gets then the influence of less misleading impacted by propaganda of specific groups (see below). How much empathy to people and phenomena is depend on how many opinions one gets from others especially who have a totally different viewpoints from yours. English is the mainstream way of writing. That’s why being fluent in English is so important to me.


Then Than

The more education people have, then they are influence less by misleading propaganda.