F2F Class Notes (Lily)

Rita will be meeting with a professor in Beijing in two weeks. She wants to work with him if possible. She will have a few minutes conversation with him in English.

*firm hand shake

*eye contact and smile

*be confident when you speak

*talk about yourself, how you are interested in the field, and that you would really really like the opportunity to work with him in the *research topic

*bring your edited resume

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Vocabulary

upload = to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a smaller to a larger computer.

ex: I uploaded my homework

Pronunciation

fast-  f A st (not first)

Grammar

I come here about 5 years.

I have been here for 5 years/ I have lived here for 5 years.